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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
SNCC field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

SNCC field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Overall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2000.14.3
Terms
  • History
  • Civil Rights
  • African-American Theme
  • Black
  • White
  • Documentary
  • Cairo, Illinois
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. This focuses on three African Americans, each on one knee with their heads down, praying on a sidewalk.

Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964. Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer
Danny Lyon
1964, printed 1999
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Southwest Georgia, 1963. SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside
Danny Lyon
1963
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964. Fannie Lou Hamer, Sharecropper from a Family of Twenty, Evicted for Trying to Register, Beaten in the Winona Jail, SNCC Field Secretary from Ruleville, and Future Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Candidate for Congress
Danny Lyon
1964, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Clifford Vaughs, a SNCC photographer is arrested
Danny Lyon
1964
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
A Toddle House in Atlanta Has the Distinction of Being Occupied during a Sit In by Some of America's Most Effective Organizers. In the Room Are Taylor Washington, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Joyce Ladner, John Lewis behind Judy Richardson, George Green, and Chico Neblett
Danny Lyon
1963-1964, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. SNCC Workers Outside the Funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah and Doris Derby
Danny Lyon
1963, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963/64. Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown
Danny Lyon
1963-1964, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Cairo, Illinois, 1962. The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
Danny Lyon
1962, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962. Sit In: Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O'Neal
Danny Lyon
1962, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
Danny Lyon
1962
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Danville, Virginia
Danny Lyon
1963
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Danny Lyon
1963, printed 1999
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