Danny Lyon
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville...

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Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville...
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville...
  • from the Southern Civil Rights Movement portfolio
Date1964
Place depictedHattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 9 in. (33.8 × 22.9 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number2003.1099
Non exposé

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Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "#26"
Marked in pencil on verso right edge: "Danny Lyon"
Red stamp with pencil inscriptions on verso upper right: "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1963 Print Date 1996"

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Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
Danny Lyon
Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
1964
Gelatin silver print
2003.1101
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, SNCC Field Secretary, later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman John Lewis, and Others Pray During a Demonstration
Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, SNCC Field Secretary, later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman John Lewis, and Others Pray During a Demonstration
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.388
Southwest Georgia, 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
Southwest Georgia, SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside, Sherrod is Currently a Member of the Albany City Council
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.708
Cambridge, Maryland, 1964, Clifford Vaughs, A SNCC Photographer is Arrested
Danny Lyon
Cambridge, Maryland, 1964, Clifford Vaughs, A SNCC Photographer is Arrested
1964
Gelatin silver print
2003.1100
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
Danny Lyon
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.395
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
Danny Lyon
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.391
Clarksdale, Mississippi, The Local Police Force Pose for a Photograph as Ministers from the National Council of Churches March to the local Church
Danny Lyon
Clarksdale, Mississippi, The Local Police Force Pose for a Photograph as Ministers from the National Council of Churches March to the local Church
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.707
Image non disponible pour Tent City Family. This family was evicted from their home for voting. Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
Ernest C. Withers
Tent City Family. This family was evicted from their home for voting. Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
1960, printed 1994
Gelatin silver print
98.225.4
A Home in the Mississippi Delta, 1963
Danny Lyon
A Home in the Mississippi Delta, 1963
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.706
Jackson, Mississippi, 1962, A Year after the Freedom Rides, Segregation Signs Still Stand Outside the Bus Terminal
Danny Lyon
Jackson, Mississippi, 1962, A Year after the Freedom Rides, Segregation Signs Still Stand Outside the Bus Terminal
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.393
From the Picket Tower, Ferguson Unit
Danny Lyon
From the Picket Tower, Ferguson Unit
1967–1969, printed 1979
Gelatin silver print
84.815.15
Hog Farm Commune
Danny Lyon
Hog Farm Commune
1969
Gelatin silver print
2002.3368