READING, Pa. – Inside the Reading Public Museum, visitors can take a walk through history in a new temporary photo exhibition.

“This is Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement,” said Hannah Wagner, curatorial research assistant and registrar at the Reading Public Museum.

Lyon was the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC,) a national group of college students who joined together and protested during the 1960s.

“Lyon traveled throughout the southern United States, photographing important people and events during the Civil Rights movement,” said Wagner. “He was present at the March on Washington. He was with SNCC members in the wake of the JFK assassination. He was in various southern cities, as there were peaceful demonstrations and not so peaceful demonstrations, unfortunately.”

Organizers said everyone is welcome to come check out the photographs until May 12th.

Wagner showed us the photos displayed throughout the exhibit.

“So, this grouping of three photographs shows a group of teenagers who were arrested in Americus, Georgia for protesting,” explained Wagner.

Organizers say the museum is open daily and the exhibition is included with a museum admission.

“It’s the United States history, so it’s very important. And I think that everybody in our community should see these photographs,” added Wagner.