Danny Lyon
American, born 1942
Willie Ricks was one of SNCC’s great stump speakers, capable of getting great emotional responses from a crowd. During the Meredith March in Mississippi, where King and Stokely Carmichael marched side by side, it was Ricks who first unleashed the “Black Power” cry. Here he speaks in Atlanta
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Danny Lyon
American, born 19421964, printed 2010
Willie Ricks was one of SNCC’s great stump speakers, capable of getting great emotional responses from a crowd. During the Meredith March in Mississippi, where King and Stokely Carmichael marched side by side, it was Ricks who first unleashed the “Black Power” cry. Here he speaks in Atlanta
Danny Lyon American, born 1942 →20th Century21st Centuryphotographyphotograph
Date
1964, printed 2010
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 32.3 × 21.8 cm (12 3/4 × 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dr. Daveed D. Frazier
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