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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.

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.

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1963
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 9 1/8 x 13 5/16 inches
Mat Size: 16 x 20
Object Size: 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Memorial Art Fund
Object number2001.010.20
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
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
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
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
The March on Washington, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC staff and friends gather after the March to defiantly sing freedom songs, which were prohibited during the March. Julian Bond, Elanor Holmes, Bob Moses, Courtland Cox, James Forman, Annell Ponder, Willie Peacock, and Curtis Hays appear in this picture.
The March on Washington, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC staff and friends gather after the March to defiantly sing freedom songs, which were prohibited during the March. Julian Bond, Elanor Holmes, Bob Moses, Courtland Cox, James Forman, Annell Ponder, Willie Peacock, and Curtis Hays appear in this picture.
Danny Lyon
1963, August 28
Object number: 2001.010.32
The March on Washington, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement SNCC Chairman John Lewis speaks at the March on Washington
The March on Washington, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
SNCC Chairman John Lewis speaks at the March on Washington
Danny Lyon
1963, August 28
Object number: 2001.010.31
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
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
James Forman, like many of the SNCC field staff, was a powerful stump speaker. Here he works the crowd at the Danville mass meeting. An hour later he will be searched by police holding shotguns and automatic weapons from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
James Forman, like many of the SNCC field staff, was a powerful stump speaker. Here he works the crowd at the Danville mass meeting. An hour later he will be searched by police holding shotguns and automatic weapons from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1963, printed later
Object number: 2015.143
Danville, Virginia, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Mass meeting outside a church the week of the “Bloody Monday” demonstrations.
Danville, Virginia, additional photograph from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Mass meeting outside a church the week of the “Bloody Monday” demonstrations.
Danny Lyon
1963, June
Object number: 2001.010.30
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, 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
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic party was created in 1964 as an alternative to the regular state parties, from which blacks were excluded. Eighty thousand people joined. Here people vote in Mississippi, most for the first time in their lives from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic party was created in 1964 as an alternative to the regular state parties, from which blacks were excluded. Eighty thousand people joined. Here people vote in Mississippi, most for the first time in their lives from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1964, printed later
Object number: 2015.147