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Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1962
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 9 x 13 1/4 inches
Mat Size: 16 x 20
Object Size: 11 x 13 13/16 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Memorial Art Fund
Object number2001.010.07
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
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 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 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
Southwest Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC field secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle visit a supporter in the countryside. Sherrod is currently a member of the Albany City Council.
Southwest Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
SNCC field secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle visit a supporter in the countryside. Sherrod is currently a member of the Albany City Council.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.21
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
Atlanta, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Arrests during mass demonstrations downtown.
Atlanta, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Arrests during mass demonstrations downtown.
Danny Lyon
1963-64, winter
Object number: 2001.010.22
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 from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement High school student Taylor Washington is arrested at Lebs Delicatessen. His eighth arrest.
Atlanta, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
High school student Taylor Washington is arrested at Lebs Delicatessen. His eighth arrest.
Danny Lyon
1963-64, winter
Object number: 2001.010.24
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
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted from her home for applying to register to vote, severely beaten in the Winona police station, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic party candidate for Congress, marches in the cold Hattiesburg rain
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted from her home for applying to register to vote, severely beaten in the Winona police station, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic party candidate for Congress, marches in the cold Hattiesburg rain
Danny Lyon
1963/printed later
Object number: 2014.138
Photo: Tad Merrick, Vermont
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted for trying to register, beaten in the Winona jail, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidate for Congress. Miss Hamer is now recognized as one of the truly extraordinary women of American history.
Danny Lyon
1964
Object number: 2001.010.26
Clarksdale, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The local police force pose for a photograph as ministers from the National Council of Churches march to the local church.
Clarksdale, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The local police force pose for a photograph as ministers from the National Council of Churches march to the local church.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.20