At the Memorial March for Martin Luther King, Jr., Memphis
Artist
Robert Abbott Sengstacke
(American, 1943 - 2017)
CultureAmerican
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)
Overall, Support: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Inscribedsigned with printing, 0017085
Credit LinePurchase, in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund
Object number97.33
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 Exhibition History"Appeal of this Age: Photography of the Civil Rishts Movement", THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART 12/21/96-3/2/97. "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. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "The World of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008 Published ReferencesSteven Kasher, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1954-68, (New York: Abeville Press Publishers, 1996)
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