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A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1963/printed later
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions11 x 14 inches
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2017.288
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
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
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Demonstrators at the “all white” swimming pool.
Cairo, Illinois from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Demonstrators at the “all white” swimming pool.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.02
Selma, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two young men demonstrating for voter registration on the steps of the federal building.
Selma, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two young men demonstrating for voter registration on the steps of the federal building.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.18
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 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
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
Selma, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The entrance to the City Cafe.
Selma, Alabama from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The entrance to the City Cafe.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.17
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
The Road to Yazoo City from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The Road to Yazoo City from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Danny Lyon
1963, printed later
Object number: 2015.146
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
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