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The Renowned Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society
- Photograph by
- Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
- Subject of
- Dr. Killingsworth, J. DeKoven, American
- Clark College Philharmonic Society, American
- Young, Andrew Jackson, American, born 1932
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
- Date
- January 15, 1969; printed 2011
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Caption
- Beautiful music filled Ebenezer Baptish [sic] Church on this 15th day of January in 1969 as they celebrated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here we see the renowned Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, chairman of the music department, conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society.
- Description
- This black and white photograph shows Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society from Clark Atlanta University inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969.
- The Clark College Philharmonic Society is dressed in black and arranged standing in two lines facing out toward the audience (not pictured). Killingsworth is facing the Philharmonic Society. There are a few unidentified seated attendees behind the Philharmonic Society. Andrew Young is seated in front of Killingsworth facing out toward the audience.
- The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Photography
- Religion
- Singers (Musicians)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry
- Object number
- 2011.94.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Horace Henry