Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Congressman John Conyers brings greeting from Washington D.C.
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This black and white photograph shows John Conyers, center, standing at a lectern with microphones. This image was taken inside Ebenzer Baptist Church on the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Conyer's face is turned away from the camera and he is gripping the lectern. The photograph is not fully in focus but an unidenitified man and the stained glass windows of the church are visible behind Conyer. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.
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Catalog reference: 2011.94.17
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