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Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963/64. Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963/64. Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Date1963-1964, 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)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2000.14.22
Terms
  • History
  • Civil Rights
  • Police department
  • People
  • Bars
  • Jail
  • African-American Theme
  • Black
  • White
  • Documentary
  • Atlanta, Georgia
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Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. The back of a police van, with bars on the windows, fills the composition. On the left, an African American grips the bars with her hands while yelling. Blurry images of other arms and shoulders are visible.

Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963/64. Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown, Winter, 1963−64 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1999 These protestors clap and sing in the back of a police van, communicating to all within earshot that being arrested has not shaken their resolve to fight for justice. Singing also boosted their spirits and helped them overcome the discomforts of jail and abuse from their captors. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2000.14.22
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Leesburg, Georgia, 1963. Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
Danny Lyon
August 1963, printed 1999
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two young men demonstrating for voter registration on the steps of the Federal Building
Danny Lyon
1963
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963/64. An Anonymous Woman, Who has Come Upon a Mob Abusing Demonstrators with Kicks, Blows and Burning Cigarettes, Holds the Mob at Bay and Protects the Demonstrators
Danny Lyon
1963-1964, printed 1999
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
SNCC field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration
Danny Lyon
1962
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1963. The Local Police Force Pose for a Photograph as Ministers from The National Council of Churches March to the Local Church
Danny Lyon
1963, printed 1999
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Martin Luther King Funeral Procession, Atlanta, Georgia
Ernest C. Withers
April 12, 1968
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
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.
High school student Taylor Washington is arrested at Lebs Delicatessen (his eighth arrest)
Danny Lyon
Winter, 1963-64
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Dr. Martin Luther King is Confronted by police at the funeral of Medgar Evers, Jackson, Mississippi.
Ernest C. Withers
June 1963
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Civil Rights Lawyers Odell Horton, A.W. Willis, Benjamin Hooks, Russell Sugarmon and J.F. Estes at Memphis Police Court, Memphis, Tenn.
Ernest C. Withers
1960
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Mass Meeting in Danville, Virginia
Danny Lyon
1963
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