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Martin Luther King, Jr., Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Martin Luther King, Jr., Metropolitan Baptist Church, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1967
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 13/16 x 18 in. (45.2 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 number2005.3.104
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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Last Steps of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last March, Rev. E. Lynn Brown, T. O. Jones, Rev. P. L. Rowe, Randle Catron, B. Julien Smith, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Sanitation Workers Strike, Beale St., Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 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
Memorial March After Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Street, Memphis
Memorial March After Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 8, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr., March, City Hall, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., March, City Hall, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 8, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 5, 1968
Window from which Martin Luther King , Jr., Was Shot, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Window from which Martin Luther King , Jr., Was Shot, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April, 1968
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
Ernest C. Withers
1966
Singing "We Shall Overcome" at the Metropolitan Baptist Church during the March Against Fear, Memphis
Singing "We Shall Overcome" at the Metropolitan Baptist Church during the March Against Fear, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
1966
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
Martin Luther King, Jr. with l. Alex Wilson, Reporter for The Tri-State Defender, Montgomery, Alabama
Martin Luther King, Jr. with l. Alex Wilson, Reporter for The Tri-State Defender, Montgomery, Alabama
Ernest C. Withers
1956
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
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Speech at the Mason Temple
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Speech at the Mason Temple
Ernest C. Withers
April 3, 1968