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B-A-B-Y / What Have You Got To Offer Me

Published by: Stax Records, American, founded 1957
Recorded by: Thomas, Carla, American, born 1942

Medium: (2010.34.4a): vinyl;; (2010.34.4b): ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (sleeve): 7 x 7 1/8 in. (17.8 x 18.1 cm); Diameter (record): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Type: 45 rpm records

Place made: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1966

Description: A 45 rpm record album of B-A-B-Y and What Have You Got To Offer Me by Booker T. Jones. The label of the record is light blue with the STAX printed across the top.

Topic: African American; Soul (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2010.34.4ab

Restrictions & Rights: © Stax Records. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 8, 1968

Description: A black-and-white photograph depicting a memorial march after the assassination of Dr. King. People march from top right to bottom left carrying signs saying "HONOR KING: END RACISM" and "UNION JUSTICE NOW!"

Topic: African American; Civil rights; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Decaneas, Decaneas Archive, and Ernest C. Withers Trust

Object number: 2011.16.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Hotel Clark, For Colored Only

Created by: Palfi, Marion, American, 1907 - 1978

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 11/16 x 7 15/16 in. (24.6 x 20.2 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1950s

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a sign on the side of a building that says HOTEL CLARK, and a sign below that says FOR COLORED ONLY 144.

Topic: African American; Photography; Segregation; Travel

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.107.25

Restrictions & Rights: © MARION PÁLFI. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photographic print of Ira Tucker at the Lorraine Motel

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Tucker, Ira Sr., American, 1925 - 2008

Medium: photographic paper, paper
Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (8.6 x 10.8 cm)

Type: photographs; portraits

Place filmed: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968

Description: A color photograph with white borders of Ira Tucker and an unknown women standing on the second floor balcony outside of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, where MLK was assasinated. There are several flower arrangements on the balcony.; The door has a white cross on it. The photograph has been mounted onto a stiff paper. “P03/ 8907/ Tea” has been written in graphite on the verso of the object. “B 807611” is printed on the photograph on the verso right edge and is visible where the photograph overlaps the backing board.

Topic: African American; Civil rights; Gospel (Music); Hate crimes

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds

Object number: 2013.13.6

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Gelatin silver prints of Charley Pride wearing a Memphis Red Sox uniform

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Pride, Charley, American, born 1934; Memphis Red Sox, American, 1923 - 1962
Owned by: Pride, Charley, American, born 1934

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (2012.125.99.1.1): 6 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (15.4 x 10.3 cm); H x W (2012.125.99.1.2): 6 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (15.4 x 10.3 cm)

Type: black-and-white photographs; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: early 1950s

Description: Two identical black and white prints of a photograph of country singer Charley Pride in a Memphis Red Sox baseball uniform. Pride's arms are behind his head. The front of his jersey says "Memphis." There is text in the bottom right corner that is partially cut-off. It reads [CHARLIE PRI/MEMPHIS RED / EARLY 1950].

Topic: African American; Athletes; Baseball; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charley Pride

Object number: 2012.125.99.1.1-.2

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

First base used in Inaugural Civil Rights Game

Used by: Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
Manufactured by: Schutt Sports, American

Medium: rubber
Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 15 × 15 in., 6 lb. (7.9 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm, 2.7 kg)

Type: ball game equipment

Place used: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2006; used 2007

Description: Square first base baseball base used in the 2007 inaugural Major League Baseball [MLB] Civil Rights baseball game. Top of base has printed design featuring an illustration of three fists grabbing a bat. Next to the design, black type reads, [CIVIL / RIGHTS / GAME]. Text that reads: [Original Hollywood Base/ Jack Corbett / Schutt Sports] is impressed over the design and black text. The MLB logo is both in ink and impressed on the top of the base. Four rectangular plaques appear on the sides of the base. Two of the sides feature plaques that have the MLB logo next to white type that reads, [CIVIL RIGHTS GAME]. One of the other sides has red type that reads, [St. Louis] in the style of the St. Louis Cardinals logo. The last side reads in red type, [Cleveland] in the style of the Cleveland Indians logo. Handwritten in black on bottom edge of the base is: [1ST B / SET B]. A sticker is near the black handwriting. There is also a stamp in red that reads: [Nov 28 2006]. There is dirt on all over the base.

Topic: African American; Baseball; Civil rights

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2014.256.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral: King Family and Friends

Created by: Uzzle, Burk, American, born 1938
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (29.8 x 45.1 cm); H x W (Sheet): 16 x 19 15/16 in. (40.6 x 50.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Place printed: Wilson, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968; printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a group of family and friends of Martin Luther King, Jr. holding hands at his funeral services in Memphis.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.108.1

Restrictions & Rights: © Burk Uzzle

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Portfolio/Series: Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Marcia "Toni" Stone and unidentified teammate, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Stone, Toni, American, 1921 - 1996; Unidentified Man or Men; Indianapolis Clowns, American, 1946 - 1989

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1954

Description: Toni Stone crouches on one knee and talks to a teammate in this black-and-white photograph. Behind, the crowd looks on from the stands.

Topic: African American; Baseball; Photography; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.16

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Hank Thompson, Suitcase Simpson, Larry Doby, Roy Campanella, George Crowe, Monte Irvin, New York Cubans.

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Thompson, Hank, American, 1925 - 1969; Simpson, Harry, American, 1925 - 1979; Doby, Larry, American, 1923 - 2003; Campanella, Roy, American, 1921 - 1993; Crowe, George, American, 1921 - 2011; Irvin, Monte, born 1919; Unidentified Man or Men; New York Cubans, American, 1935 - 1950; Los Angeles Dodgers, American, founded 1883; San Francisco Giants, American, founded 1958

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.9 x 35.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1952

Description: This black-and-white photograph depicts the Campanella All Stars baseball team members, who stand along the first base line. Inscription on the front reads, "CAMPANELLA / ALL STARS / 1952 / WITHERS / MEMPHIS ."

Topic: African American; Baseball; Photography; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.13

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Helen Ann Smith at Harlem House, Beale St, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Smith, Helen Ann, American, 1931 - 2004

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1950s

Description: A young African American woman wears a white blouse and apron and stands behind a diner counter.

Topic: African American; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.17

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. WithersTrust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

First day of Memphis integration, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm); H x W (Image): 14 1/4 × 18 in. (36.2 × 45.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1961

Description: Three African American children smile from a car window on their way to school as their mother, left, looks on.

Topic: African American; Children; Civil Rights; Education; Photography; United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.18

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Overton Park Zoo. Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1950s

Description: This black-and-white photograph depicts the entrance to a Memphis zoo. At front and center is a sign reading "NO WHITE PEOPLE ALLOWED IN ZOO TODAY." Behind it, several African Americans can be seen in the zoo.

Topic: African American; Photography; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.2

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Rev Ralph Abernathy embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks on left, SCLC Convention, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005; Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990; Hooks, Benjamin, American, 1925 - 2010; Unidentified Man or Men; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1968

Description: Rosa Parks shakes hands and receives a kiss from Rev. Joseph Abernathy while surrounded by onlookers.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.20

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Twins at WDIA, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1948

Description: Two African American boys with arms outstretched stand on telephone books and sing into a radio station microphone.

Topic: African American; Children; Photography; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Ernest C. Withers, Courtesy of the Withers Family Trust

Object number: 2009.16.22

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Presley, Elvis, American, 1935 - 1977; King, B.B., American, 1925 - 2015

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: December 7, 1957

Description: On the left, Elvis Presley wears a necktie and striped jacket and puts his arm around the shoulders of B.B. King, right, who wears a bowtie and plaid jacket with a pocket square.

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Photography; Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.23

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Isaac Hayes in His Office at Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Hayes, Isaac, American, 1942 - 2008

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970s

Description: Isaac Hayes stands while on the phone. He wears aviator sunglasses and a striped shirt with billowing sleeves. The walls of his office are striped.

Topic: African American; Photography; Singers (Musicians); Soul (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Ernest C. Withers, Courtesy of the Withers Family Trust

Object number: 2009.16.24

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

James Brown, Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Brown, James, American, 1933 - 2006

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1965

Description: A black-and-white photograph of James Brown singing into his microphone while kneeling.

Topic: African American; Funk (Music); Photography; Singers (Musicians); Soul (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.25

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones (8 months old) during protest march on Main St. in Memphis Tennessee.

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Jones, William Edwin, American; Dr. Jeffrey, Renee Jones, American, born 1961

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm); H x W (Image): 14 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (37.1 × 37.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 1961

Description: This black-and-white photograph depicts an African American man with his baby daughter in a stroller on the left. He holds a sign that says "DADDY, I WANT TO BE FREE." On the right, a Memphis police cruiser sits by the curb as the white police officers look at the man.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.3

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resting in Lorraine Motel following March Against Fear, Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1966

Description: This black-and-white photograph depicts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resting on a motel bed. On his left is a newspaper.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Ernest C. Withers, Courtesy of the Withers Family Trust

Object number: 2009.16.6

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sanitation Workers assemble in front of Clayborn Temple for a solidarity march. Memphis, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 15 15/16 x 19 13/16 in. (40.5 x 50.3 cm); H x W x D (Framed): 17 1/8 × 21 1/8 × 1 in. (43.5 × 53.7 × 2.5 cm); H x W (Image): 8 × 14 1/4 in. (20.3 × 36.2 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: March 28, 1968

Description: Group of male workers in formation on the street holding signs that read "I Am A Man."

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Labor; Men; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.9

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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B-A-B-Y / What Have You Got To Offer Me

Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

Hotel Clark, For Colored Only

Photographic print of Ira Tucker at the Lorraine Motel

Gelatin silver prints of Charley Pride wearing a Memphis Red Sox uniform

First base used in Inaugural Civil Rights Game

Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral: King Family and Friends

Marcia "Toni" Stone and unidentified teammate, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, TN

Hank Thompson, Suitcase Simpson, Larry Doby, Roy Campanella, George Crowe, Monte Irvin, New York Cubans.

Helen Ann Smith at Harlem House, Beale St, Memphis, TN

First day of Memphis integration, TN

Overton Park Zoo. Memphis, TN

Rev Ralph Abernathy embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks on left, SCLC Convention, Memphis, TN

Twins at WDIA, Memphis, TN

The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN

Isaac Hayes in His Office at Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee

James Brown, Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones (8 months old) during protest march on Main St. in Memphis Tennessee.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resting in Lorraine Motel following March Against Fear, Memphis, TN

Sanitation Workers assemble in front of Clayborn Temple for a solidarity march. Memphis, TN

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