Birmingham, Alabama. SNCC Workers Outside the Funeral

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Object Details

Created by

Danny Lyon, American, born 1942

Subject of

Emma Bell, American

Dorie Ann Ladner, American, 1942 - 2024

Marimba Ani, American

Samuel C. Shirah Jr., American, 1943 - 1980

Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Description

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd outdoors; an African American woman holds an American flag and in the back an African American man shades himself from the sun under an umbrella.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1963

Object number

2012.107.18

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (22.5 x 32.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.8 x 35.2 cm)

Place depicted

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Baptist

Civil Rights

Funeral customs and rites

Hate crimes

Photography

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58e2163af-8810-474a-91dc-17e8f2f9a85c

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.107.18