A black-and-white photograph of Black men on steps, two holding protest signs, and two White police officers approaching them, one with a baton.

[Men being arrested in voting rights demonstration on federal building steps, Selma, Alabama, October 7, 1963]

Danny Lyon (b. 1942)

Date

1963, printed 1967
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. in light blue ink: BLACKS: THE MOVEMENT
u.l. in graphite: Selma, Alabama 1962
u.r. printed on white label: BLACKS / VOTING RELATED.
u.r. in graphite: 69720
c. printed on white label: Consignment #81738 / Richard R. Renaldi
c. in graphite: 47533 [crossed out]
c. in graphite: 67397 [crossed out]
u.l. printed in ink: 51242
c. in graphite: 78594 [underlined]
c.l. in graphite: 71270
l.l. in graphite: 73866
c.r. in graphite: 60343
c. stamped in purple ink: Photograph By / Danny Lyon/ Copyright MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10036
c. stamped in red ink: Photograph By / Danny Lyon / Copyright 1967 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 10036
c. to l.c. stamped in ink: MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / 41933 [in graphite; crossed out] NEW YORK. / 140063 [in graphite; crossed out] / LOG REF. 45658 52852 [in graphite] / TO BE RETURNED.
l.l. in graphite: 3/ / 62-13-4 / DLCR-43
c. in graphite: Jim Cl[illeg.] (Sterie) / ARREST ON FED. office steps / Selma P. 62 / The Movement [underlined]
l.r. stamped in red: Printer / LAB [in graphite] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1964 [in graphite] Print Date 1967 [in graphite] [red star in center of stamp]
l.r. in graphite: LYV-8x10-7.97-5010
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1997.29
Copyright

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

We the People: Picturing American Identity

June 15–September 8, 2013

This exhibition focuses on the fluidity of national identity through the creations of American artists, particularly in key moments in history when the definition of a singular American identity was challenged and ultimately reshaped.

Location: Off view

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