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  • Atlanta, Georgia. A Toddle House during a Sit-In.

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    Washington, Taylor, American
    Donaldson, Ivanhoe, American
    Ladner, Joyce Ph. D., American, born 1943
    Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
    Richardson, Judy, American
    Greene, George, American
    Neblett, Seku, American
    Date
    1963; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 7/16 × 12 15/16 in. (21.4 × 32.9 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of African Americans at a lunch counter; the menus on the counter identify it as Toddle House.
    Place depicted
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.16
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f8524c0f-528d-40bf-8f22-f51bdc8f7292
  • Atlanta, Georgia. 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

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Date
    1963-1964; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 in. (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a white woman with her hand on her hip scolding a young white man in the street while a crowd of onlookers surrounds them.
    Place depicted
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.17
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos 1994. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd583f8c628-8dd9-4e38-b4f8-0867c4acc722
  • Birmingham, Alabama. SNCC Workers Outside the Funeral

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    Bell, Emma, American
    Dorie Ann Ladner, American, born 1942
    Ani, Marimba, American
    Shirah, Samuel C. Jr., American, 1943 - 1980
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Date
    1963
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (22.5 x 32.7 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.8 x 35.2 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a crowd outdoors; an African American woman holds an American flag and in the back an African American man shades himself from the sun under an umbrella.
    Place depicted
    Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Funeral customs and rites
    Hate crimes
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.18
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58e2163af-8810-474a-91dc-17e8f2f9a85c
  • Cambridge, Maryland. Clifford Vaughs, a SNCC Photographer is Arrested

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    Vaughs, Clifford, American
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Date
    1964; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 in. (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (27.6 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of an African American man wearing white pants who is being pulled in all directions. Men with guns, helmets, and gas masks pull on his leg, arm and shirt. On the right side of the image a man in a short sleeve uniform walks away from the scene.
    Place depicted
    Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.20
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos . Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52d4640b3-b750-4691-ba66-25d64f6fae34
  • Leesburg, Georgia. Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls Are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Date
    1963; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.9 x 32.7 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a group of teenage girls in a room with bars on the windows.
    Place depicted
    Leesburg, Lee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.21
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5817b8cf5-4db0-48f6-b366-854a034806b4
  • Southwest Georgia. SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    Rev. Sherrod, Charles Melvin, American, born 1937
    Battle, Randy, American
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Date
    1963; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (22.2 × 32.9 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (27.6 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of Charles Sherrod (standing) and Randy Battle (sitting) visiting an African American woman who is sitting on her front porch. An African American man and woman stand behind her.
    Place depicted
    Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.22
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58535825e-1bc6-4478-a378-6dbd7024538d
  • The March on Washington. August 28, 1963

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
    Date
    August 28,1963; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (32.9 × 22.2 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of two African American men in a crowd at the March on Washington. The man on the left side of the image is clapping his hands, while the man on the right side of the image has raised his right arm and snaps his fingers.
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Local and regional
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.23
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55453b14c-6808-43b9-8013-ce1373d6a1a1
  • Now!

    Created by
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Photograph by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Date
    ca. 1965
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    lithographic ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 15 3/4 x 10 in. (40 x 25.4 cm)
    Description
    A two-tone poster for SNCC using an image by Danny Lyon of men and women at a rally. A young man in the left foregrand is clapping his hands, while the man next to him raises his hand with his fingers in a snapping position. At the top right, the word NOW! appears in large black letters.
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    Activism
    Associations and institutions
    Civil Rights
    Gesture
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn and Roderic Reece in memory of Pauline Watkins Reece.
    Object number
    2011.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    © SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f67a9042-1ed9-4988-a60e-e4adf74e7eb4
  • Cairo, Illinois. SNCC Field Secretary, Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman John Lewis, and Others Pray During a Demonstration

    Created by
    Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
    Subject of
    Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
    Date
    1962; printed 1994
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 11/16 x 12 15/16 in. (22.1 x 32.9 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of John Lewis and other African Americans kneeling in prayer outside next to a brick building.
    Place depicted
    Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil Rights
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.107.19
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a746b230-9268-43c2-8368-c8944523f570
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