Scanned from a slide by Adam Pape. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baltimore

Artist Leonard Freed (American, 1929 - 2006)

CultureAmerican

Date1964

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 × 15 1/4 in. (25.4 × 38.7 cm)
Overall: 20 1/16 × 24 in. (51 × 61 cm)

InscribedSigned, titled and dated with Vintage Print (Unique) and R12-23 in pencil and photographer's stamp on print verso.

Credit LinePurchase, gift of L. D. Britt, M.D., and in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number97.23

Not on view

DescriptionMartin Luther King is seated in a convertible car, he turns around to shake hands with a few people in the crowd.

Label TextLeonard Freed American, 1929−2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baltimore, October 31, 1964 Gelatin silver print (photograph) At a voter turnout rally in Baltimore, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. greets an enthusiastic crowd. King’s selection as winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize had just been announced. Recognizing that the fight for Civil Rights was the work of a broad coalition, he divided the prize money among several organizations, including the National Council of Negro Women, in which his wife Coretta was active. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and with funds provided by L. D. Britt, M.D. 97.23 Exhibition History"Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, from the Museum Collection", THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK, VA, February 6 - May 31, 1998. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Women and the Civil Rights Movement," Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 14 - October 30, 2016. Published ReferencesSteven Kasher, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1954-68, (New York: Abeville Press Publishers, 1996), 160-161.