"In New York, a policeman attempts to remove a Negro demonstrating against racial discrimination"

United Press International, distributor

Robert L. Greger, photographer

1939–2013

"In New York, a policeman attempts to remove a Negro demonstrating against racial discrimination", circa 1963

Portfolio/Series title: "Christmas Crucible," published in Esquire magazine, December 1963

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print; board

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 18.6 x 23.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 5/16 x 9 1/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20.6 x 25.3 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 25.4 x 32.8 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 10 x 12 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0901

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Politics, Race, Celebrity: Photographs from the Esquire Collection

In “Christmas Crucible,” Esquire paired some of the year’s grim news photographs with Bible verses concerning human suffering, suggesting a hope for a new era that might be forged from the depicted tribulations. This image of police intervening in a protest was taken on July 10, 1963, and documents a policeman removing a man named Mineral Bramletter from protesting the lack of people of color in the construction industry. Bramletter was a member of the Brooklyn chapter of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality), a group that worked to create jobs, desegregate housing, and integrate schools in the community.

Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2016 KU Common Book

“On the outside black people controlled nothing, least of all the fate of their bodies, which could be commandeered by the police; which could be erased by the guns which were so profligate; which could be raped, beaten, jailed.” ("Between the World and Me," p. 62)