• The Girls of the Leesburg Stockade

  • Apr 3 2025
  • Duración: 16 m
  • Podcast

The Girls of the Leesburg Stockade

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  • On July 19, 1963, at least 15 Black girls were arrested while marching to protest segregation in Americus, Georgia. After spending a night in jail, they were transferred to the one-room Leesburg Stockade and imprisoned for the next 45 days.

    Only twenty miles away, the girls' parents had no knowledge of their location. A month into their confinement, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) heard rumors of the girls' detention and sent photographer Danny Lyon, who took pictures of them through barred windows. Within days, these photographs appeared in publications around the country.

    As the girls' ordeal gained national attention, they were released without charges. This is the story of the 'Stolen Girls.'

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    To see more photos by Danny Lyon, visit bleakbeauty.com and Instagram.

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