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
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