New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Artist Benedict J. Fernandez (American, b. 1936)

CultureAmerican

DateOctober 1967

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensions12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (31.1 × 21 cm)
Overall: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (61.1 × 51 cm)

Credit LineGift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl

Object number97.17.4

Not on view

DescriptionThis gelatin silver print depicts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing the New Politics Convention at the Chicago Coliseum, October 1967. He spoke about the direction of the war in Vietnam, the beginnings of a better quality of life for all people, and the concept for "Resurrection City".

Label TextDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., October 1967 Gelatin silver print, ca. 1989 Gift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl 97.17.4 Dr. King addresses the New Politics Convention at the Chicago Coliseum. He spoke about the direction of the war in Vietnam, the beginnings of a better quality of life for all people, and the concept for "Resurrection City." Although not realized until after King's death in May 1968, Resurrection City was an encampment on the Washington, D.C. mall as part of the Poor People's Campaign. King opposed the Vietnam War on the grounds that the war took money and resources that could have been spent on the War on Poverty. Approval Date: 09/2008Exhibition History"Countdown to Eternity: Photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Ben Fernandez," Kaufman Theatre Lobby, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., September 26, 2008 - March 1, 2009. "Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, from the Museum Collection", THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK, VA, February 6 - May 31, 1998.