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Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

"Died for Freedom" Poster, Mississippi. [A flyer announcing a memorial for the three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and buried in the earth dam of a cattle pond on June 21, 1964. On August 4, the bodies of Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney were uncovered by the FBI. On the same day, President Johnson began the bombing of North Vietnam]

1964, printed later
(American, 1942-)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 26.2 x 17.3 cm (10 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2014.501
Location: not on view
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"Died for Freedom" Poster, Mississippi. [A flyer announcing a memorial for the three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and buried in the earth dam of a cattle pond on June 21, 1964. On August 4, the bodies of Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney were uncovered by the FBI. On the same day, President Johnson began the bombing of North Vietnam]

"Died for Freedom" Poster, Mississippi. [A flyer announcing a memorial for the three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and buried in the earth dam of a cattle pond on June 21, 1964. On August 4, the bodies of Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney were uncovered by the FBI. On the same day, President Johnson began the bombing of North Vietnam]

1964, printed later

Danny Lyon

(American, 1942-)
America, 20th century

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