Stevie Wonder singing “Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King to you” at rally on the National Mall in protest for a MLK Jr. National Holiday
- Photograph by
- Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- Wonder, Stevie, American, born 1950
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Conyers, John Jr., American, 1929 - 2019
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Taylor, LeBaron, American, 1935 - 2000
- Gamble, Kenny, American, born 1943
- Hardaway, Lula Mae, American, 1930 - 2006
- Clarke, David Allen, American, 1943 - 1997
- Taylor, Johnnie, American, 1937 - 2000
- Woods, Georgie, American, 1927 - 2005
- Date
- January 15, 1981
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 14 in. (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a birthday memorial celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr. on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The image features a line of people with arms crossed and holding hands. In the line is Stevie Wonder, singing "Happy Birthday" into a microphone. From left to right in the front row are LeBaron Taylor, vice president of CBS Records; Kenney Gamble of Philadelphia International Records; Lula Hardaway, Stevie’s mother; D.C. Council chairman Dave Clark; Sam Jordan, a D.C. city government official; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Stevie Wonder; Representative John Conyers; singer Johnny Taylor; and Georgie Woods, Philadelphia disc jockey. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Object number
- 2011.15.100
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Milton Williams
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.