As demonstrators block traffic to protest segregation and unfair hiring practices in downtown Atlanta, a mob begins to abuse them with kicks, blows, and burning cigarettes. An anonymous woman walking by with a box of typing paper confronts the mob and for a while holds them at bay. When someone yells, “If you feel that way, why don’t you marry one of them?” she sits down and joins the demonstrators | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI
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PhotographsAmerican20th century
As demonstrators block traffic to protest segregation and unfair hiring practices in downtown Atlanta, a mob begins to abuse them with kicks, blows, and burning cigarettes. An anonymous woman walking by with a box of typing paper confronts the mob and for a while holds them at bay. When someone yells, “If you feel that way, why don’t you marry one of them?” she sits down and joins the demonstrators
1963, printed 2010
Artists
Danny LyonArtist
Classification
Photographs
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Photographs
Dimensions
31.9 x 46.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Provenance
Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.