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

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)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1963-1964; printed 1994

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.

Topic

African American

Civil rights

Photography

United States--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.

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture