Volunteering for Non-violence

Volunteering for Non-violence

Photograph

Bruce Davidson

Maker
American, b. 1933

Volunteering for Non-violence

1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.2 × 24.2 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (20.1 × 25.8 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0500
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, C [upside down]: 6-61 15) VOLUNTEERING FOR "NON-VIOLENCE": This is what happens behind \ the scenes when a "freedom ride" is organized. Here in a Montgomery, \ Alabama home, white and Negro students meet to discuss tactics for their \ next "non-violent" demonstration against segregation. These young people \ raised their hands to voulnteer for a bus ride to Jackson, Mississippi. \ John Lewis, in right foreground, had previously been beaten at the \ Montgomery bus depot. \ Credit: BRUCE DAVIDSON © MAGNUM PHOTOS
Related Media

Review and updating of the museum's collection data is ongoing.
Inclusion of an object in this database does not guarantee its availability for loan.
For permission to use images from the online collections, please contact Image Rights and Reproductions.