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

Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)

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

CultureAmerican

Date1963, 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)

InscribedDate, print number, and a credit to Chuck Kelton (who made the print) appears on the verso of the print.

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Patricia L. Raymond

Object number2000.14.14

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. African Americans stand behind an automobile. One woman stares at the camera.

Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, September 18, 1963 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1999 Thousands lined the streets of Birmingham, Alabama to pay their respects to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, all age 14, and Denise McNair, age 11. The four young black girls died when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, 1963. The church had been a frequent meeting point for activists in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other groups within the Civil Rights Movement. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and with funds provided by Patricia L. Raymond, M.D. 2000.14.14 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), 90-91.