Twelve-Year-Olds Funeral

Stephen Shames

Matrix

A sister and relatives at the funeral for 12-year old Kevin Heath at St.Phillip's Baptist Church in North Philadelphia. Kevin was shot at 11,25pm on March 25, 1992, while on the roof of a building with some friends. He died hours later. His minister said, 'young black males are an endangered species. They ought to be in the National Geographic.'

Stephen Shames, "Twelve-Year-Olds Funeral," in POYi Archive, Item #21415, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/21415 (accessed April 21, 2025).