Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Henry, Laurance
2. Cottrol, Robert W.
3. Schroeder, Frederick
4. Martin, Richard A.
5. Sengstacke, Robert A.
6. Miles, Bertrand, 1928-2005
7. Varela, Mary
8. Weill, Erna
9. Fernandez, Benedict
10. Crawford, W. W.
11. Wide World Photos
12. M. Associates (New York, N.Y.)
13. Austin & Cloutie Associates
14. N.Y.C. Coordinating Council Poor People's Campaign

Description

1. <1> photomechanical print : col.; 26 x 21 cm.

Summary

1. Portraits of clergyman and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Numerous views of King leading marches with his wife Coretta, speaking at demonstrations such as the NYC Peace Demonstration and the Prayer Pilgrimage at Lincoln Memorial, in churches, at press conferences, and in one image, walking a picket line. Individuals in group portraits with King are Bayard Rustin, William Toles, Rosa Parks and David Boston before the Great Freedom March Rally, and often, Ralph Abernathy. Notable images include King receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, standing outside his motel room with Jesse Jackson, Abernathy and Hosea Williams, waiting to speak at the Lincoln Memorial with Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph and others, confronting the police with Stokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissick, the funeral march with Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Abernathy and Joshua Williams surrounding the mule train, and King's family leading the vast sea of mourners. Also images of King as a young boy at a birthday party, in a family portrait as well as views of King Sr., and of memorials to King at B.U., in Harlem, and a portrait of King. Collection includes portraits of Coretta Scott King.
2. Also included are group portraits of individuals involved in a documentary about King, titled "King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis." Among them are Sidney Lumet, Ely Landau, Ruby Dee, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston, Leslie Uggams, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Clarence Williams III, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Joseph Mankiewicz and Harry Belafonte. Also shown is a poster for the same film. Full, half and quarter length images are available.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
2. King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984
3. Matthau, Walter
4. Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
5. McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-
6. Newman, Paul, 1925-2008
7. Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011
8. Williams, Hosea, 1926-
9. Williams, Joshua
10. Boston, David
11. Landau, Ely
12. Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012
13. Williams, Clarence, III, 1939-2021
14. Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
15. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
16. King family
17. King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
18. Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
19. Young, Andrew, 1932-
20. Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
21. Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
22. Lewis, John, 1940 October 23-
23. Toles, William
24. Walker, Wyatt Tee
25. Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
26. Carroll, Diahann
27. Jones, James Earl
28. Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
29. Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
30. Dee, Ruby
31. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
32. Heston, Charlton
33. Uggams, Leslie
34. Mankiewicz, Joseph L
35. Poitier, Sidney
36. Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994
37. Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1960-1969
38. Public speaking -- United States -- 1950-1969
39. Press conferences -- 1960-1969
40. Pickets -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1960-1969
41. Demonstrations -- United States -- 1960-1969
42. Monuments & memorials -- United States -- 1960-1979
43. Posters -- 1970-1979
44. Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
45. Rewards & prizes -- 1960-1969
46. African American preaching
47. Nobel Prizes
48. African American clergy
49. African American leadership
50. Civil rights workers -- United States
51. African Americans -- Civil rights

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1950-1969.
2. Group portraits – 1930-1989.
3. Photomechanical prints – 1960-1979.
4. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographers include Robert Sengstacke, Henry Laurance, Robert Cottrol and others.
3. Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have written descriptive information; some have airbrush marks.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Title

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1935-1990?>

Terms of use

1. Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Henry, Laurance. Photographer
2. Cottrol, Robert W. Photographer
3. Schroeder, Frederick. Photographer
4. Martin, Richard A. Photographer
5. Sengstacke, Robert A. Photographer
6. Miles, Bertrand, 1928-2005. Photographer
7. Varela, Mary. Photographer
8. Weill, Erna.
9. Fernandez, Benedict. Photographer
10. Crawford, W. W. Photographer
11. Wide World Photos.
12. M. Associates (New York, N.Y.)
13. Austin & Cloutie Associates.
14. N.Y.C. Coordinating Council Poor People's Campaign.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo King, Martin Luther, Jr.