Police and Dog Attack -- Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham AL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Police and Dog Attack, a sculpture by James Drake, is deliberately set on either side of a narrow sidewalk, part of the Civil Rights walk at Kelly Ingram Park in downtown Birmingham.

Barking, snapping police dogs lunge off the ground, launching themselves at you as you pass through the sculpture. The intent and impact of the sculpture is to inspire fear, giving visitors a small taste of what peaceful African-American protesters endured at the hands of city officials, including policemen and their dogs, during the struggle for civil rights and voting rights in Birmingham during the 1960s.

The sculpture is one of 3 sculptures by James Drake in Kelly Ingram park, which saw some of the worst violence the civil rights era, and made Birmingham a national symbol of brutality and government repression against citizens.

The sculpture is listed on the Smithsonian Art Inventory database.

TITLE: Police and Dog Attack ARTIST(S): James Drake DATE: 1993 MEDIUM: Bronze and steel CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 71500543 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Kelly Ingram Park 6th Avenue North at 16th Street South DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None

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