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Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC workers outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and Doris Derby.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC workers outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and Doris Derby.

Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
SNCC workers outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and Doris Derby.

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1963
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 8 3/4 x 12 15/16 inches
Object Size: 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Memorial Art Fund
Object number2001.010.15
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
Greenwood, Mississippi, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Bob Dylan plays for SNCC workers Bernice Reagon and Mendy Samstein and James Blue outside the SNCC office.
Greenwood, Mississippi, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Bob Dylan plays for SNCC workers Bernice Reagon and Mendy Samstein and James Blue outside the SNCC office.
Danny Lyon
1963, Fall
Object number: 2001.010.36
Nashville, Tennessee, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Bernice Reagon and the Freedom Singers lead a mass meeting of SNCC workers and student supporters. SNCC Chairman Chuck McDew stands with SNCC Executive Secretary James Forman on the left. Many of the earliest members and supporters of the SNCC appear in this picture.
Nashville, Tennessee, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Bernice Reagon and the Freedom Singers lead a mass meeting of SNCC workers and student supporters. SNCC Chairman Chuck McDew stands with SNCC Executive Secretary James Forman on the left. Many of the earliest members and supporters of the SNCC appear in this picture.
Danny Lyon
1962, November
Object number: 2001.010.29
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Crowds wait along the funeral route of the girls murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Crowds wait along the funeral route of the girls murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.14
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. just before he spoke at the funeral of the four murdered girls.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. just before he spoke at the funeral of the four murdered girls.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.16
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement A friend of the murdered teenage girls enters the church for their funeral.
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
A friend of the murdered teenage girls enters the church for their funeral.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.35
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Crowds wait along the funeral route of the girls murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Crowds wait along the funeral route of the girls murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Danny Lyon
1963/printed later
Object number: 2014.141
Ruby Doris Smith, James Forman, Marion Barry, and Sam Shirah at the SNCC Washington conference shortly after Kennedy’s death
Ruby Doris Smith, James Forman, Marion Barry, and Sam Shirah at the SNCC Washington conference shortly after Kennedy’s death
Danny Lyon
1963/printed later
Object number: 2016.353
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Highway patrolmen outside the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young girls were murdered.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Highway patrolmen outside the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young girls were murdered.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.13
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Jimmy Hicks, Julian Bond, John Lewis, and Jeremiah X outside the ruins of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Jimmy Hicks, Julian Bond, John Lewis, and Jeremiah X outside the ruins of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
Danny Lyon
1963, September
Object number: 2001.010.34
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Highway patrolmen outside the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young girls were murdered.
Birmingham, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Highway patrolmen outside the site of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young girls were murdered.
Danny Lyon
1963/printed later
Object number: 2014.140
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The window of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four teenage girls are killed by a KKK bomb two weeks after the March on Washington.
Birmingham, Alabama, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The window of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four teenage girls are killed by a KKK bomb two weeks after the March on Washington.
Danny Lyon
1963, September 12
Object number: 2001.010.33
Ruleville, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Gwen Gillon, a SNCC staff member from Alabama, conducts a literacy class during Freedom Summer, 1964.
Ruleville, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Gwen Gillon, a SNCC staff member from Alabama, conducts a literacy class during Freedom Summer, 1964.
Danny Lyon
1964
Object number: 2001.010.28