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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.

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.

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1964
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 7/8 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Memorial Art Fund
Object number2001.010.28
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1962/2010
Object number: 2014.111
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.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.15