Cairo, Illinois. SNCC Field Secretary, Later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman John Lewis, and Others Pray During a Demonstration

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of John Lewis and other African Americans kneeling in prayer outside next to a brick building.

Catalog date

1962; printed 1994

Recorded places

Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Prayer

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