On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
Photograph by
Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
Date
ca. 1965
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
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f67a9042-1ed9-4988-a60e-e4adf74e7eb4

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