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Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964

Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
  • from the Southern Civil Rights Movement portfolio
Date1964
Place depictedRuleville, Mississippi, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 13/16 in. (22.9 × 35.1 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number2003.1101
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower left: "#28"
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "Danny Lyon"
Red stamp with pencil inscriptions on verso upper right: "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1964 Print Date 1996"

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