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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Photographer was Danny Lyons - more Bernie pics [View all]
Looks like John Lewis can't ignore Danny. This is what he said about him:
This young white New Yorker came South with a camera and a keen eye for history. And he used these simple, elegant gifts to capture the story of one of the most inspiring periods in Americas twentieth century. John Lewis, US congressman
From a blurb on Danny's book:
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
by DANNY LYON
https://twinpalms.com/books-artists/memories-of-the-southern-civil-rights-movement/
In the summer of 1962, Danny Lyon packed a Nikon Reflex and an old Leica in an army bag and hitchhiked south. Within a week he was in jail in Albany, Georgia, looking through the bars at another prisoner, Martin Luther King Jr. Lyon soon became the first staff photographer for the Atlanta-based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which already had a reputation as one of the most committed and confrontational groups fighting for civil rights.
This is Dann'y blog and on the blog he has two entries:
BERNIE SANDERS LEADS 1963 SIT-IN
Posted on January 30, 2016
https://dektol.wordpress.com/2016/01/30/bernie-sanders-leads-1963-sit-in/
where he identifies the two photographs he took of Berrnie that have been widely published
And a second blog that he did yesterday:
MORE BERNIE CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOS FOUND!
Posted on February 11, 2016
https://dektol.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/more-bernie-civil-rights-photos-found/
The slander that Bernie was not a very early leader for African American civil rights got so outrageous that persons went into the archives of the University of Chicago and changed captions on Danny Lyons 1962 photos, claiming it was Bruce Rappaport standing in Bernies clothing leading the demonstration in the Ad Building. These newly discovered pictures, including close up photographs of the student activists show us exactly what Bernie was and what he remains.
He posts more photos of the sit-in and then says:
Here at the University of Chicago, in the winter of 1962, students led by Bernie Sanders and others have occupied the hallway of the Administration Building, spending the night inside. The Chancellor cannot get into or leave his office. Bernie is leading a protest against the discrimination practiced by the University of Chicago against African Americans in its extensive housing. This protest for equal rights for African Americans is the first sit-in to be held in the north as part of the great 1960s civil rights movement. Bernie is the real deal. And voters, all voters know it. Feel the Bern.
I think Danny makes a pretty solid case given who he was: a civil rights photographer and John Lewis of all people attests to his work.
John Lewis would know Danny because:
Lyon soon became the first staff photographer for the Atlanta-based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
and John Lewis headed up the SNCC from 1963 to 1966.
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Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Photographer was Danny Lyons - more Bernie pics [View all]
Jarqui
Feb 2016
OP
It won't make a bit of difference. He is using the tactic of throwing shit and then running.
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#123
Lewis damaged his own reputation by his own actions without any help from me.
Waiting For Everyman
Feb 2016
#153
So does he still believe that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats
dlwickham
Feb 2016
#129
I love and admire Congressman Lewis. He deserves his iconic status. If not him, who?
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#51
that wasn't the point, it was the passive aggressive implication that he planted. nt
m-lekktor
Feb 2016
#25
So if the Clinton camp Swift boats Bernie and then she wins the primary we are just supposed
jalan48
Feb 2016
#15
Bernie is the real deal. First sit-in in the North. Get that? So what if he wasn't in the South?
thereismore
Feb 2016
#30
The boatneck sweater in these photos is the same. Bezos and his crew are liars devoid of honor.
gregcrawford
Feb 2016
#71
There are two students in the new photo and the student on the left looks more like
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#44
At this link is a lovely photo of John Lewis from 1963, by Danny Lyon who took the Bernie photos
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#157
THANK YOU! Is it CLEAR NOW? Bernie IS NOT a liar, like someone else we know.
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#53
Maybe we should say thanks to HRC/Brock. Bernie is not the boastful type and
ALBliberal
Feb 2016
#58
We need to know the people who changed the names on that photograph and why
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
#60
There is one thing that has to be remembered. Hillary is an establishment candidate, with
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#65
Yep! And a big Fuck You Once Again to the Corrupt Corporate Clinton Mainstream Media.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2016
#128
"...persons went into the archives of the University of Chicago and changed captions..."
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2016
#110
It had to have been done electronically, which may have produced a timestamp.
FourScore
Feb 2016
#120