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Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis
Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis
Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateJuly, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 17 13/16 in. (45.4 x 45.2 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 number2005.3.118
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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Reverend Joseph Lowery and Reverend Ralph Abernathy, SCLC Convention, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
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Harold Middlebrook, Benjamin Hooks, and Josea Williams in Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel Looking at King's Briefcase, Memphis
Harold Middlebrook, Benjamin Hooks, and Josea Williams in Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel Looking at King's Briefcase, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 4, 1968
Coretta Scott King, Ben Branch, and Aretha Franklin, Club Paradise, SCLC Convention, Memphis, July
Coretta Scott King, Ben Branch, and Aretha Franklin, Club Paradise, SCLC Convention, Memphis, July
Ernest C. Withers
1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Abernathy, Day Before Assassination, Memphis Airport
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Abernathy, Day Before Assassination, Memphis Airport
Ernest C. Withers
April 3, 1968
James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi
James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi
Ernest C. Withers
1966
Reverend W. Herbert Brewster, Sr., (standing in rear), and Queen C. Anderson (third from right in profile), East Trigg Baptist Church, Memphis
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Ernest C. Withers
ca. 1952
Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, U. S. Congressman from New York, Addresses a Rally at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis
Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, U. S. Congressman from New York, Addresses a Rally at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
1959
Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis
Miss Memphis Red Sox of 1954 with Manager "Goose" Curry (left) and Lyman Bostock Sr. of the Birmingham Black Barons, Martin's Stadium, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
1954
Danny Thomas and (to the right) the "Mayor of Beale Street," Matthew Thornton, Sr. at W.C. Handy Statue, Handy Park, Memphis
Danny Thomas and (to the right) the "Mayor of Beale Street," Matthew Thornton, Sr. at W.C. Handy Statue, Handy Park, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
1950s
Jim "Mud Cat" Grant, Cleveland Indians, Russwood Park, Memphis
Jim "Mud Cat" Grant, Cleveland Indians, Russwood Park, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
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Coretta Scott King and her Children with Ralph Abernathy and Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King and her Children with Ralph Abernathy and Rosa Parks
Ernest C. Withers
ca. 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy on One of the First Desegregated Buses, Montgomery, Alabama
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy on One of the First Desegregated Buses, Montgomery, Alabama
Ernest C. Withers
December 21, 1956