Dr. Benjamin Spock, Dr. King, and Monsignor Rice, Solidarity Day March to Protest the Vietnam War
Artist
Benedict J. Fernandez
(American, b. 1936)
CultureAmerican
DateApril 15, 1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/8 × 12 5/16 in. (20.6 × 31.3 cm)
Overall: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 25 in. (50.8 × 63.5 cm)
Overall: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 25 in. (50.8 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl
Object number97.17.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print depicts Dr. Benjamin Spock, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Monsignor Rice of Pittsburgh marching in the Solidarity Day Parade at the United Nations Building.Label TextDr. Benjamin Spock, Dr. King, and Monsignor Rice, Solidarity Day March to Protest the Vietnam War, April 15, 1967 Gelatin silver print, ca. 1989 Gift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl 97.17.10 This photograph was made at Broadway and 50th Street during the March, from Central Park to the United Nations. Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock (1903-1998) was a pediatrician and author of the influential book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, 1946. During Spock's lifetime, the book would go through seven editions, be translated into thirty-nine languages, and sell more than fifty million copies. During the Vietnam War, Spock became a vocal political activist, speaking out for disarmament and against the war in Southeast Asia. To Spock, this was just another way of protecting the young people to whom he was so devoted. Monsignor Charles Owen Rice (1908-2005) was a Roman Catholic priest and an American labor activist based in Pittsburgh. He consistently articulated a Catholic vision of social justice and responsibility and was a tireless critic of America's involvement in Vietnam. 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. "Civil Rights Photography," Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, January 8 - April 30, 2001. Published ReferencesSteven Kasher, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1954-68, (New York: Abeville Press Publishers, 1996), 226.
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