Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, Congressman John Conyers, Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Mrs. Rosa Parks and Mr. Robinson, chatting

Photograph by

Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948

Subject of

Rev. Dr. Lowery, Joseph Echols, American, born 1921

Conyers, John Jr., American, born 1929

Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005

Robinson, Cleveland, Jamaican, 1914 - 1995

Unidentified Man or Men

Printed by

Unidentified

Subject of

Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type

inkjet prints

Place captured

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption

Standing left to right: Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, Congressman John Conyers, Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Mrs. Rosa Parks and Mr. Cleveland Robinson chat with one another after the service.

Description

This black and white photograph is from the 1969 birthday commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr. taken inside Ebenezer Baptist Church. From proper right, Joseph Echols Lowery, John Conyers, Ralph David Abernathy, Rosa Parks, and Cleveland Robinson are shown standing. Parks and Robinson are both wearing glasses. Lowery and Abernathy are turned toward one another. There is an unidenitified man mostly obscured standing behind Lowery. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Topic

African American

Civil rights

Photography

Politics (Practical)

Religion

United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number

2011.94.25

Restrictions & Rights

© Horace Henry

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series

One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture