Confrontation at the Bridge, from the portfolio "Not Songs of Loyalty Alone: The Struggle for Personal Freedom"

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Image Not Available for Confrontation at the Bridge, from the portfolio "Not Songs of Loyalty Alone: The Struggle for Personal Freedom"
Confrontation at the Bridge, from the portfolio "Not Songs of Loyalty Alone: The Struggle for Personal Freedom"
Image Not Available for Confrontation at the Bridge, from the portfolio "Not Songs of Loyalty Alone: The Struggle for Personal Freedom"

Confrontation at the Bridge, from the portfolio "Not Songs of Loyalty Alone: The Struggle for Personal Freedom"

Maker (b. 1917, Atlantic City, New Jersey – d. 2000, Seattle, Washington)
Printer (New Haven, Connecticut)
Date1975
MediumScreen print
Dimensionssheet: 19 1/2 in. x 26 in. (49.5 cm x 66 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineGift of Andrew and Ann V. Dintenfass
Object number2015.105
Status
Not on view
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Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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1977
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1977
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Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slaves, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
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