They sang, they spoke, they celebrated and remembered King...

Source catalog description

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They sang, they spoke, they celebrated and remembered King... This black and white photograph shows four women singing at the birthday commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr. inside Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. They are dressed in long-sleeved white dresses. One woman is blocked from view with only her arms and part of her head visible. The women are standing behind a lectern which is partially obscured by a large flower arrangement and folding chairs. The photograph was taken from the side and shows the women in profile. There are unidentified male attendees behind the women. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Catalog date

January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Recorded places

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Baptist; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Religious rituals and ceremonies; Singers (Musicians); The Black Church

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