At the Memorial March for Martin Luther King, Jr., Memphis

Artist Robert Abbott Sengstacke (American, 1943 - 2017)

DateApril 8, 1968

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (32.1 × 24.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement

Credit LinePurchase, in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund

Object number97.33

Terms

Civil Rights
march
Memorial
rally
Boys
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
African-American Artist
Black
White
Memphis, TN

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Not on view

DescriptionThree young (african american) boys in a crowd at a Memphis Rally for the Memorial of Martin Luther King, Jr. The boys are leaning on a baracade holding a sign "HONOR KING: END RACISM!". There is a caucasian nun and another white woman just behind them standing in the crowd.

Label TextRobert Abbott Sengstacke American (b. 1943) At the Memorial March for Martin Luther King, Jr., Memphis, April 8, 1968 Gelatin-silver print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund 97.33 Sengstacke photographed the Civil Rights Movement and African-American events and culture for over thirty years, primarily for the Chicago Defender. The occasion for this photograph was a memorial march to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. after his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968