- Produced by
- African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816
- Owned by
- Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
- Recorded by
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- A. Philip Randolph Institute, American, founded 1965
- Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- ink on paper and cardboard, vinyl
- Dimensions
- Record: 11 7/8 × 1/16 in. (30.2 × 0.2 cm)
- Cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- Long-playing record and album cover featuring an illustration in black, white, yellow, and purple on the front cover. The illustration is of a group of marchers holding signs similar to those at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. At the top of the front cover is text in black and purple [The African Methodist Episcopal Church A CIVIL RIGHTS Documentary]. Below the line of text are two (2) columns in the upper half, above the illustration. Left column [PIONEERS/IN PROTEST/Added Commentaries by ROY WILKINS,/Executive Secretary, NAACP/A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH Pres. Brotherhood of Sleeping/Car Porters, Dean of Civil/Rights Activists./DAISEY BATES/Little Rock, Arkansas School/Protest Leader.]. Right column [presents Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR./Excerpts from his appearance at the 37th/GENERAL CONFERENCE, Cincinnati,/Ohio, May 1963./"APOSTLE OF FREEDOM" - The/RICHARD ALLEN Story. A Dramatic/Narration of Our Bethel's Beginning.]. The record feature a blue label on the front and back with white text throughout with the album name and tracks. Side One [THE/AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH/PIONEERS IN PROTEST/A CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY/LONG PLAY AME 1A/SIDE 1/with/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - FREDERICK O'NEAL/Produced for the/RICHARD ALLEN FOUNDATION INC./(a non-profit Corporation)/by/JOHN D. SILVERA]. Side Two [THE/AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH/PIONEERS IN PROTEST/A CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY/LONG PLAY AME 1B/SIDE 2/with/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - FREDERICK O'NEAL/Produced for the/RICHARD ALLEN FOUNDATION INC./(a non-profit Corporation)/by/JOHN D. SILVERA].
- Place captured
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Record Albums
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- record covers
- long-playing records
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Civil rights
- Mass media
- Methodist
- Politics
- Religion
- The Black Church
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.154.13ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




