After giving a concert in a cotton field in Greenwood, Bob Dylan plays behind the SNCC office. Bernice Reagon, one of the original Freedom Singers and today leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock, listens. Mendy Sampstein sits behind Dylan and talks to Willie Blue

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Photograph by John Bentham.
After giving a concert in a cotton field in Greenwood, Bob Dylan plays behind the SNCC office. Bernice Reagon, one of the original Freedom Singers and today leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock, listens. Mendy Sampstein sits behind Dylan and talks to Willie Blue
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.7 × 22.1 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2016.17.30
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Provenance 2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer U [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date 63 [in pencil] / Print Date 10 [in pencil]"
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil): "Danny Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, upper center (pencil): "DLC 29"
Frank Smith, Bob Moses, and Willie Peacock in Greenwood SNCC Office
Frank Smith, Bob Moses, and Willie Peacock in Greenwood SNCC Office
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.12.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Outside, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O'Neal wait to get in [a Nashville Tic Toc restaurant]
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.36
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Date: July 22, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.282
The Test of Force in Poland: as foreseen, the strike movement which affected public transportation in Warsaw (a movement which received widespread support from the population and was backed by solidarity) finished at noon, on August 5. At that time, talks began between the authorities and the strikers touching on the increase in prices and food rationing
The Test of Force in Poland: as foreseen, the strike movement which affected public transportation in Warsaw (a movement which received widespread support from the population and was backed by solidarity) finished at noon, on August 5. At that time, talks began between the authorities and the strikers touching on the increase in prices and food rationing
Michel Philippot
Date: August 5,1981
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print on resin-coated paper
Object number: 2022.15.122
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Unknown artist
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
Madman in the straw: "a sinister corridor. From behind heavy doors escape the repulsive groans and sickening odors of the mad vomiters doing a cure of disgust (on cheap wine). Behind the last door, a premature madman, naked in the straw. I photographed him through the thick murky glass of his spyhole, licked again and again, without seeing anything (reflex cameras didn't exist at the time). At 2 am, I finally convince the charming head doctor, worn down by my arguments, to let me take the picture in my own way", Psychiatric hospital
Madman in the straw: "a sinister corridor. From behind heavy doors escape the repulsive groans and sickening odors of the mad vomiters doing a cure of disgust (on cheap wine). Behind the last door, a premature madman, naked in the straw. I photographed him through the thick murky glass of his spyhole, licked again and again, without seeing anything (reflex cameras didn't exist at the time). At 2 am, I finally convince the charming head doctor, worn down by my arguments, to let me take the picture in my own way", Psychiatric hospital
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Date: 1954
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.198
Les Caprices: L'Homme vu de dos, la main droite tendu (The Caprices: Nobleman With Right Hand Outstretched, Seen From Behind [Detail])
Les Caprices: L'Homme vu de dos, la main droite tendu (The Caprices: Nobleman With Right Hand Outstretched, Seen From Behind [Detail])
Jacques Callot
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching on paper
Object number: 1983.39
Les Caprices: Le Gentilhomme au Grand Manteau, Vu de Dos (The Caprices: Nobleman in Broad Cloak, Seen From Behind [Detail])
Les Caprices: Le Gentilhomme au Grand Manteau, Vu de Dos (The Caprices: Nobleman in Broad Cloak, Seen From Behind [Detail])
Jacques Callot
Date: 1600-1700
Medium: Etching on paper
Object number: 1983.45
© Ken Heyman. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Man hugging girl from behind, New York
Ken Heyman
Date: 1995
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.26
The Power behind the Throne, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Power behind the Throne, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 29, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.122
Satan, Don’t Get Thee Behind Me!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Satan, Don’t Get Thee Behind Me!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 17, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.197
Silhouetted bottles behind curtain
Silhouetted bottles behind curtain
Lloyd Ullberg
Date: 1950s
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.272