The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

The morning after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, heavily armed members of the Alabama Highway Patrol make a show of force near the [bombed Sixteenth Street Baptist] church. The bomb exploded next to the wall and up through the floor of a Sunday school class. Four girls were buried in the bathroom and died

1963

Danny Lyon

(American, 1942-)
America
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 40.7 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2015.237
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.237