Come Let Us Build a New World Together.
Date
circa 1963
Credits
- Danny Lyons Photographer
Format
- Poster 1531
Type of Work
- Finished work 5261
Techniques
Dimensions
18 × 14 in
From Swann Galleries site:
Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, circa 1963Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, circa 1963.
This is one of a series of five Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee posters featuring the work of civil rights photographer Danny Lyon. It depicts protesters kneeling in prayer at a segregated swimming pool in Cairo, IL on 13 or 14 July 1962. At left is 22-year-old SNCC organizer John Lewis.
