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First Press Conference of the March Against Fear Announcing Martin Luther King Taking Over after Meredith Was Shot, Basement, United Methodist Church, Memphis
First Press Conference of the March Against Fear Announcing Martin Luther King Taking Over after Meredith Was Shot, Basement, United Methodist Church, Memphis
First Press Conference of the March Against Fear Announcing Martin Luther King Taking Over after Meredith Was Shot, Basement, United Methodist Church, Memphis
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First Press Conference of the March Against Fear Announcing Martin Luther King Taking Over after Meredith Was Shot, Basement, United Methodist Church, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1966
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 18 in. (45.4 x 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.110
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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