SNCC Field Secretary (Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman) John Lewis and Others Pray during a Demonstration - High Museum of Art

SNCC Field Secretary (Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman) John Lewis and Others Pray during a Demonstration

Danny Lyon

American, born 1942

SNCC Field Secretary (Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman) John Lewis and Others Pray during a Demonstration

Details

Title

SNCC Field Secretary (Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman) John Lewis and Others Pray during a Demonstration

Artist/Maker

Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)

Date

1962

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 9 x 13 3/16 inches Paper: 11 x 13 15/16 inches

Credit

Gift of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Accession #

2006.238.3

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© (c) Danny Lyon

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