The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

The first sit-in arrests I see and photograph are those of Eddie Brown, a former Albany gang leader, and a visitor from the North. Both have volunteered to be arrested for the photographs. The picture of Eddie Brown, calmly being carried off by the Albany police, is widely distributed as the image of the classic non-violent arrest, Georgia

1962

Danny Lyon

(American, 1942-)
America
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 40.7 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2015.236
Location: Not on view
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