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Political Protests in the US — Collection Theme

Curated by David Choberka

Group Details:

Objects in UMMA’s collection related to the theme of political protests in the US.

Two Women Hold Signs at Women’s Rights Demonstration, New York City, USA
1972; printed later
Leonard Freed
gelatin silver print on paper
March on Washington, [SNCC members and friends defiantly gather to sing freedom songs], from “Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement”
1963; printed 2010
Danny Lyon
gelatin silver print on paper
New York City
1971; printed 1978
Garry Winogrand
gelatin silver print on paper
Untitled
circa 1968
Garry Winogrand
gelatin silver print on paper
Votes for Women
1912
John Sloan
crayon, ink, and graphite on white paper
Peace March
April 15, 1967; printed 2000
Roy Arenella
gelatin silver print on paper
Untitled (March on Washington 9/24/05, Coffins, Xray)
2007
Josephine Meckseper
chromogenic color print on paper
Birmingham Race Riot
1964
Andy Warhol; Sirocco Screenprinters
screenprint on paper
Andrew Goodman
1965
Ben Shahn
serigraph on paper
James Chaney
1965
Ben Shahn
offset photolithograph on paper
Michael Schwerner
1965
Ben Shahn
offset photolithograph on paper
We Shall Overcome
1965
Ben Shahn
offset photolithograph on paper
Tired Marchers Sleep on the Streets—”We were tired, we were tired.”, Selma, Alabama
1963, printed 2000
Edward (Robbie) Roberson
inkjet print on paper
Frederick Douglass
1965
Ben Shahn
serigraph on paper
Frederick Douglass
1965
Ben Shahn
serigraph on paper
Frederick Douglass
1965
Ben Shahn
serigraph on paper
Frederick Douglass
1965
Ben Shahn
serigraph on paper
Malcolm X Speaks for Us
1969
Elizabeth Catlett
linoleum cut on paper
The mass meeting in Danville is so crowded that it overflows out into the yard. When word arrives that heavily armed police and an armored vehicle are waiting up the road, the crowd disperses, leaving the SNCC workers to exit last, from “Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement”
1963; printed 2010
Danny Lyon
gelatin silver print on paper

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