Demonstration at an "all-white" swimming pool; Cairo, Illinois

Portfolio TitleCivil Rights, 1962-1964

Artist Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)

Date1962; printed 2002-2008

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (22.54 x 33.34 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.94 x 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2011.12.1

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom edge, in pencil: "Danny Lyon"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, red stamp and pencil: "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 62-64 / Picture Date / 02-08 / Print Date"

Edition/State/ProofA.P.

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DescriptionImage of a goup of white men standing inside of a doorway behind a sign that reads: Private Pool Members Only. A group of black men line up against the wall outside the doorway.

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