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
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1963-1964, printed 1999
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 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, and with funds provided by Patricia L. Raymond, M.D.
Object number2000.14.25
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. A counter in a diner is full with African customers.Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 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, December 1963 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1999 Volunteers with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) demand service at the lunch counter of an Atlanta location of the Toddle House short-order diner chain. Facing us in the center is 19-year-old Judy Richardson (b. 1944), who later became a prominent documentary filmmaker and historian of the Civil Rights Movement. To Richardson’s right, leaning on the bar with hand on head, is Joyce Ladner (b. 1943), whose activism led to a teaching career in sociology and service as the first female president of Howard University. In response to these SNCC sit-in campaigns, Toddle House began desegregating a few months later. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and with funds provided by Patricia L. Raymond, M.D. 2000.14.25 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.Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Lyndhurst Series on the South_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), 129.
