Danny Lyon
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House

Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedAlbany, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/16 × 12 13/16 in. (10.6 × 32.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.391
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "#6"
verso bottom center in pencil "Danny Lyon"
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1962 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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