Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. A Year After the Freedom Rides, Segregation Signs Still Stand Outside the Bus Terminal

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)

Artist/Vendor Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)

CultureAmerican

Date1962, printed 1999

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)

InscribedDate, print number, and a credit to Chuck Kelton (who made the print) appears on the verso of the print.

Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number2000.14.8

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. This image has several signs; a few advertising the Marine Corps and U.S. Army on the sidewalk, another that says "NO PARKING ANY TIME" on the right of the composition, and in the background a small sign beside the cab says "WHITE WAITING ROOM".

Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. A Year After the Freedom Rides, Segregation Signs Still Stand Outside the Bus Terminal, 1962 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1999 Integration and segregation meet in this collection of sidewalk signs outside the Jackson, Mississippi bus depot. In the center, one placard encourages young women to join the Marines, but just behind it, another points toward a “White Waiting Room.” These “separate but equal” facilities in interstate bus terminals had already been outlawed by multiple rulings of the United States Supreme Court. In the summer of 1961, hundreds of Freedom Riders traveled by bus throughout the South in order to draw attention to this ongoing injustice, but federal enforcement remained weak until the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2000.14.8 ProvenanceThe artist; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"Civil Rights Photography," Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, January 8 - April 30, 2001. "Women and the Civil Rights Movement," Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 14 - October 30, 2016.