(CIVIL RIGHTS) Danny Lyon photographer Come Let Us Build a N

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Sale 2697 - Lot 125

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Danny Lyon, photographer. Come Let Us Build a New World Together. Poster, 14 x 18½ inches; minimal wear, laid down on linen. Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, circa April 1964

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This is one of a series of five Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee posters featuring the work of civil rights photographer Danny Lyon. It depicts protesters kneeling in prayer at a segregated swimming pool in Cairo, IL on 13 or 14 July 1962. At left is 22-year-old SNCC organizer John Lewis. Provenance: purchased by the consignor in the 1960s.

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