Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

by Danny Lyon

Book Overview

"This young white New Yorker came South with a camera and a keen eye for history. And he used these simple, elegant gifts to capture the story of one of the most inspiring periods in America's twentieth century." -John Lewis, US Congressman

In the summer of 1962, photographer Danny Lyon packed a Nikon Reflex and an old Leica in an army bag and hitchhiked south. Within a week he was in jail in Albany, Georgia, looking through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931885885
• ISBN13: 9781931885881
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.3"