The photograph depicts a black male hanging by the neck from a rope attached to the Statue of Liberty. This was likely meant to convey that freedom has a price and is not freely given, as many people of different races had to die to earn their rights. The photograph raises questions around whether the man killed himself or was hanged by someone else, and what the purpose was.

1. Jessie Lycans
Partner Photo Analysis with Zachary Pauley
Who are the people in the photograph?
The person in the photo appears to be a black male.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
The person is hanged from the Statue of Liberty with a rope.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
I think that the photographer was trying convey that there is a price for freedom, it’s not something
that’s just handed to them,
Why is this photograph important to history?
Because a lot of people of different races had to die for their freedom and rights that they had to earn.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Did the man kill himself?
Did someone else hang him?
What was the purpose of this doing?
Write your own caption for the photograph:
The Life or Death of Freedom

2. What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
One could research the photographer of the picture and find his/her meaning behind it.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- That the black male is wearing white clothing because, perhaps, a white person could have
hanged him.
2- That it was around the time of the civil rights movement.
3- That this man could have hanged himself because he didn’t want to live without the freedom
and rights that others receieved.