Danny Lyon
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedOxford, Mississippi, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.395
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil"#10"
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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