Negro home picketed – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Negro home picketed brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Negro home picketed
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Crowds gathered outside a Black family's house in Miami in 1957, and the signs they carried were the photograph's most striking feature, turning a private home into a public stage for opposition. Pickets like this were a common response when Black families moved into predominantly white neighborhoods, a period when housing segregation was enforced through restrictive covenants, real estate practices, and informal pressure. Although the Supreme Court had ruled in 1948 that courts could not enforce such covenants, many white residents still used protests and intimidation to keep neighborhoods segregated. The photograph records how ordinary street protest was used to defend that color line.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1957 |
| Subjects | Racism--Florida--Miami--1950-1960. Demonstrations--Florida--Miami--1950-1960. Signs (Notices)--Florida--Miami--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,292 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-201442 |
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