New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Pulpit Addressing His Congregation

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

CultureAmerican

DateNovember 1967

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (31.1 x 21 cm)
Overall: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 1/16 × 20 in. (61.1 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl

Object number97.17.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis gelatin silver print depicts Dr. King at the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, addressing his congregation.

Label TextDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the pulpit addressing his congregation., Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, November 1967 Gelatin silver print, ca. 1989 Gift of Kodak and Michael S. Engl 97.17.1 One of the world's best known advocates of non-violent change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was the grandson of the Rev. A. D. Williams, who was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and a founder of Atlanta's NAACP chapter. Martin Luther King, Jr., was baptized as a child in Ebenezer Baptist Church. After giving a trial sermon to the Ebenezer congregation at the age of 19, he was ordained as a minister. In 1960, Martin Luther King, Jr., became a co-pastor of Ebenezer with his father. As a student at Morehouse College, in Atlanta, at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, and Boston University, King deepened his understanding of theological scholarship and Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent strategy of social change. In 1959, he visited the Gandhi family in India. Approval Date: 09/2008Exhibition History"Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement from the Museum Collection," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, February 6 - May 31, 1998. "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.