- Collection:
- Voices of Civil Rights
- Title:
- John Lewis and others pray during demonstration
- Creator:
- Lyon, Danny
- Date of Original:
- 1962/1964
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Location:
- United States, Illinois, Alexander County, 37.1916, -89.33764
United States, Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo, 37.00533, -89.17646 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- 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. - Local Identifier:
- LC-DIG-ppmsca-08099 (digital file from original photograph)
LC-USZ62-126567 (b&w film copy neg.) - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08099
- Extent:
- 1 photographic print : gelatin silver
- Original Collection:
- In portfolio: Twenty-five photographs from the southern civil rights movement / Danny Lyon. Magnum Photos, 1994, no. 3.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights: