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Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The public swimming pool has been changed into a “private pool” in order to remain segregated.
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The public swimming pool has been changed into a “private pool” in order to remain segregated.

Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The public swimming pool has been changed into a “private pool” in order to remain segregated.

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1962
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 9 x 13 3/16 inches
Mat Size: 16 x 20
Object Size: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Memorial Art Fund
Object number2001.010.01
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Demonstrators at the “all white” swimming pool.
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Demonstrators at the “all white” swimming pool.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.02
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC field secretary, later SNCC Chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration.
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
SNCC field secretary, later SNCC Chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.03
Atlanta, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement An anonymous woman, who has come upon a mob abusing demonstrators with kicks, blows, and burning cigarettes. She holds the mob at bay and protects the demonstrators.
Atlanta, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
An anonymous woman, who has come upon a mob abusing demonstrators with kicks, blows, and burning cigarettes. She holds the mob at bay and protects the demonstrators.
Danny Lyon
1963-64, winter
Object number: 2001.010.23
Atlanta, Georgia: A Toddle House has the distinction of being occupied during a sit-in by some of America’s most effective organizers. In the room are Taylor Washington, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Joyce Ladner, John Lewis behind Judy Richardson, George Green, and Chico Neblett. from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Atlanta, Georgia: A Toddle House has the distinction of being occupied during a sit-in by some of America’s most effective organizers. In the room are Taylor Washington, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Joyce Ladner, John Lewis behind Judy Richardson, George Green, and Chico Neblett. from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1963-64, winter
Object number: 2001.010.25
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Eddie Brown, former gang leader and movement activist is arrested.
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Eddie Brown, former gang leader and movement activist is arrested.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.05
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Drinking fountains in the Dougherty County courthouse.
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Drinking fountains in the Dougherty County courthouse.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.04
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted from the court house to the jail house.
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted from the court house to the jail house.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.06
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.07
Jackson, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement A year after the freedom rides, segregation signs still stand outside the bus terminal.
Jackson, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
A year after the freedom rides, segregation signs still stand outside the bus terminal.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.08
Nashville, Tennessee from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Sit-in. Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O’Neal.
Nashville, Tennessee from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Sit-in. Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O’Neal.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.09
Oxford, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Waiting for James Meredith, the first African American to register at the University of Mississippi.
Oxford, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Waiting for James Meredith, the first African American to register at the University of Mississippi.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.10
Leesburg, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Arrested for demonstrating in Americus, teenage girls are kept in a stockade in the countryside.
Leesburg, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Arrested for demonstrating in Americus, teenage girls are kept in a stockade in the countryside.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.11