Civil Rights Movement and Wayside Theatre photographs, 1960s
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Summary
- Creator:
- Lyon, Danny
- Abstract:
- Collection comprises 18 black-and-white photographs taken in the 1960s, assembled by a private collector and organized into two distinct groups: nine journalistic photographs documenting civil rights movement events, some credited to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) photographers Cliff Vaughs, Danny Lyon, and Rufus Hinton, with others unattributed; and nine prints of an unidentified multi-racial dramatic performance, circa mid-1960s, found in the archives of the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia. The Civil Rights prints typically include detailed press captions on the backs, and include images of injured and jailed demonstrators, police, bombed-out churches, and portraits of activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Atlanta's Markham Street rent protest leader Willie Williams. All the prints except one measure roughly 8x10 inches. Acquired as part of the John Hope Research Center for African and African American History and Culture at Duke University.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11723
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises 18 black-and-white photographs taken in the 1960s, assembled by a private collector and organized into two distinct groups: nine journalistic photographs documenting civil rights movement events, some credited to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) photographers Cliff Vaughs, Danny Lyon, and Rufus Hinton, with others unattributed; and nine prints of an unidentified multi-racial staged production.
The Civil Rights prints typically feature detailed press captions on the backs, and include images of bombed-out churches, injured and jailed demonstrators, police, and portraits of activist Fannie Lou Hamer and Atlanta's Markham Street housing protest leader Willie Williams. Some prints also bear a SNCC photo credit stamp with the organization's Atlanta address.
The second group consists of two contact sheets and seven prints showing an unidentified multi-racial dramatic or musical performance perhaps staged by the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia, or may possibly be related to the Garrick Players in Washington, D.C. or to the Free Southern Theater founded by SNCC. The time period appears to be the early 1960s.
All the prints except one are roughly 8x10 inches.
Acquired as part of the John Hope Research Center for African and African American History and Culture at Duke University.
- Acquisition information:
- The Civil Rights Movement and Wayside Theater photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Processed and encoded by Rachel Jessen and Paula Jeannet, April 2019.
Accession(s) represented in collection guide: 2019-0021.
- Physical facet:
- 18 prints
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Actors -- Photographs
African American photographers -- United States
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Press coverage
Civil rights demonstrations -- Photographs
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- Photographs
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Community theater
Documentary Photography -- Southern States
Photojournalism -- Southern States
Race relations -- Drama
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century - Format:
- Black-and-white photographs
Gelatin silver prints - Names:
- John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Hinton, Rufus
Lyon, Danny
Vaughs, Cliff, 1937-2016 - Places:
- Alabama -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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