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Martin Luther King, Jr. portrait collection

Title
  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. portrait collection [graphic].
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  1. <1935-1990?>

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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.
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  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.
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