Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image (Each): 4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 15.9 cm)
Overall: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2000.14.6
Terms
  • History
  • Civil Rights
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • African-American Theme
  • Black
  • White
  • Documentary
  • Albany, Georgia
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. Two images, side by side, of Dr. Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy walking from a building.

Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House, 1962 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Printed by Chuck Kelton (b. 1952) Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2000.14.6
eMuseum
Copyright © eMuseum