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James Baldwin addresses a packed mass meeting on Freedom Day
James Baldwin addresses a packed mass meeting on Freedom Day

James Baldwin addresses a packed mass meeting on Freedom Day

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1963/printed later
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions14 x 10 15/16 inches, Image size: 12 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches

Credit LineGift of Jill M. Garling and Thomas J. Wilson
Object number2016.354
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
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
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
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
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
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
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
The University of Mississippi campus when James Meredith tried to register as the first black student there from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The University of Mississippi campus when James Meredith tried to register as the first black student there from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1962/printed later
Object number: 2017.289
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
Andy Meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Andy Meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1965-66
Object number: 1983.031
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
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