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
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- 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. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




