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  • Dr. Ralph Abernathy addresses the audience inside Ebenezer Baptist Church

    Photograph by
    Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
    Subject of
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Rev. King, A.D., American, 1930 - 1969
    Rev. Henderson, Cornelius L., American, 1934 - 2000
    Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Robinson, Cleveland, Jamaican American, 1914 - 1995
    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
    Dr. Ralph David Abernthy addresses the audience as Rev. A.D. King on extreme left, and Rev. Conelius [sic] L. Henderson on extreme right listen to his speech. Notice the mixed crowd in pulpit.
    Description
    This black and white photograph shows Rev. Ralph David Abernathy facing the camera and standing at the pulpit with microphones inside Ebenezer Baptist Church. Abernathy is speaking to an unidentified crowd at Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. There is a crowd seated behind Abernathy. Rosa Parks and Cleveland Robinson can be seen in the center front of this crowd. Cornelius Henderson is on the far proper left under the organ pipes. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.
    Place captured
    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
    Funeral customs and rites
    Oratory
    Photography
    Preaching
    Religion
    Social life and customs
    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
    2011.94.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Horace Henry
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d100e43a-e27b-445a-8aa8-3afaf21450fa
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