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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
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.

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)
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)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
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
Terms
  • History
  • Civil Rights
  • Restaurant
  • African-American Theme
  • Men
  • Women
  • Black
  • White
  • Documentary
  • Atlanta, Georgia
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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
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