The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement" / Danny Lyon
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- 2014/2.321
- Title
- The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement"
- Artist
- Danny Lyon
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1963; printed 2010
- Credit Line
- Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
- Inscription
- signed in pencil, verso
- Black Beauty stamp
- Dimensions
- 27.94 x 35.56 cm (11 x 14 in.)
- Physical Description
- A group of people outside of a church praying because there is no more room inside. The streets are covered with parked cars.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
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- 4700 x 3194
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"The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement"; Danny Lyon." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.321/2014_2.321.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.