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| Creator: | Lyon, Danny |
| Title: | John Lewis and others pray during demonstration |
| Date: | 1962-1964 |
| Description: | Caption by photographer: Cairo, Illinois. SNCC field secretary, later SNCC chairman, now congressman John Lewis, and others pray during a demonstration. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- | African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--Cairo | Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Cairo | Prayer--Illinois--Cairo | Public worship--Illinois--Cairo | Kneel-ins--Illinois--Cairo | Civil rights workers--Illinois--Cairo | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | African American civil rights workers--Illinois--Cairo | Religion and politics--Illinois--Cairo | Cairo (Ill.) | Alexander County (Ill.) |
| Collection: | Voices of Freedom: The Virginia Civil Rights Movement |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | Voices of Civil Rights Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress | 2005 |
| Original Material: | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver In portfolio: Twenty-five photographs from the southern civil rights movement / Danny Lyon. Magnum Photos, 1994, no. 3. |
| Rights and Usage: | LC-DIG-ppmsca-08099 (digital file from original photograph) LC-USZ62-126567 (b&w film copy neg.) Publication may be restricted. For information see "Danny Lyon" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/089_lyon.html) |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Voices of Civil Rights Exhibit, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005 Forms part of the American Treasures of the Library of Congress Exhibit |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08099 |
