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

Eddie Brown, former gang leader and movement activist is arrested

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)

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

CultureAmerican

Date1962

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)

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 number2000.14.5

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. Two policemen carry Eddie Brown away. Other policemen are on both sides of the image; a telephone box is in the background.

Label TextDanny Lyon American (b. 1942) Eddie Brown, Former Gang Leader and Movement Activist is Arrested, 1962 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2000.14.5 ~ Danny Lyon grew up in a middle-class section of New York City and began to make photographs at the age of 17. He studied history at the University of Chicago and in 1962 joined the Civil Rights Movement, becoming staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Best known for his extensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, 31 of those photographs are included in the Chrysler collection. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003ProvenanceThe artist; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Lyndhurst Series on the South_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), 36-37.