%C2%A9 Danny Lyon. All rights reserved.
Cairo, Illinois. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration., 1962
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The Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison Fundexpand_more 2001.45.2.3
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The Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s was a widespread effort to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. News coverage of sit-ins and freedom rides dominated the cultural and political landscape of the United States. At this time Danny Lyon was in his early 20s and an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. After meeting John Lewis, the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s (SNCC's) in Cairo, Illinois, Lyon then traveled to Mississippi, to cover voter registrations, and soon he was present at almost all of the major SNCC events during the movement. Lyon served as SNCC’s photographer from 1962 to 1964 and later documented his experiences in his book Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
Details
- Title
- Cairo, Illinois. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now Congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration.
- Artist Life
- born 1942
- Role
- Photographer
- Accession Number
- 2001.45.2.3
- Curator Approved
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