Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi
1939 Nov.
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.
Notes:
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture
Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Subjects:
Clarksdale--Mississippi
United States--Mississippi--Coahoma County--Clarksdale.
Format: Safety film negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c36090
Call Number: LC-USF34- 052594-D
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Steve Mepsted 44 months ago | reply
Not sure when the term 'African-American' was 'invented' but certainly not in 1939.
omiof5 30 months ago | reply
I was raised in the South and can't remember ever hearing the word Negro used disrespectfully. The photo clearly says that the title was taken from the caption card. Given the joy illustrated in this wonderful photo, I don't think anything would be added by changing the language of the time because a legitimate word makes some people uncomfortable.
ptrx64 9 months ago | reply
Nice !
aka Razz 5 months ago | reply
Excellent.
Surely this is exactly what Cartier Bresson meant by the decisive moment.