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)
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)
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 number2000.14.8
Terms
- History
- Civil Rights
- African-American Theme
- Black
- White
- Documentary
- Jackson, Mississippi
On View
Not on viewLabel 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
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