<I>Joyce Ladner Describes Arrest</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 24, 1963; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Matt Herron, American, 1931 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Joyce Ladner Ph. D., American, born 1943
notes: label: Caption
content: This print by Matt Herron depicts Joyce Ladner describing her experience of being arrested and jailed for attempting to integrate Jackson, Mississippi churches. Ladner was speaking to students October 24, 1963 at Tougaloo College who were celebrating her release along with that of ministers and other students who were also arrested.
label: Caption
content: Joyce Ladner, PhD (b. 1943) is a Civil Rights activist from Mississippi who worked with organizations such as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped organize the March on Washington. She was considered one of the most active students in Mississippi’s Civil Rights Movement.
label: Caption
content: Matthew “Matt” Herron (1931-2021) was a photojournalist best-known for chronicling the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South. Herron worked with several civil rights organizations, including SNCC, which gave him rare behind-the-scenes access to its members.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white inkjet print photograph of Joyce Ladner by Matt Heron. Ladner is leaning forward on a podium or table with her hands clasped together as she’s looking upward and off to the right. She is wearing dark overalls and a lighter colored shirt. A microphone is in front of her to the left. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tougaloo, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jeannine and Matt Herron
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.88
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Matt Herron
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (32.1 × 24.1 cm)