Press Coverage of First Birthday Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Photograph by
- Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
- Subject of
- King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
- King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974
- 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
- Notice the press covering the program as Mrs. King is surrounded by family members and friends. I have been told that there are very few recorded and published images from this first birthday celebration which make the photographs that you are seeing here extremely rare. I've seen no others.
- Description
- This black and white photograph shows the King family seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is seated in the center of the photograph. Harry Belafonte is seated to the proper left of King and there is an unidentified woman to the proper left of Belafonte. To the other side of Coretta Scott King, Alberta and Martin Luther King Sr. are seated. There are unidentified men behind the family along with press and their equipment. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.
- 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
- Actors
- Baptist
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Religion
- Religious rituals and ceremonies
- Singers (Musicians)
- The Black Church
- 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
- 2011.94.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Horace Henry
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.