The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 17, 2025
SNCC workers stand outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and Doris Derby, Birmingham
1963, printed later
(American, b. 1942)
Image: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
On September 15, 1963, a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham killed four young girls and injured others.Description
Danny Lyon, who became of the official photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1963, documented many of the major historical events of the Civil Rights movement. In this moving view of those paying tribute to the four girls who died in the Birmingham church bombing, he conveys the solemnity and sadness of the occasion and the dignity of the mourners.- {{cite web|title=SNCC workers stand outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah, and Doris Derby, Birmingham|url=false|author=Danny Lyon|year=1963, printed later|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.85