Choral musical performance at the first birthday celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph shows the Interdenominational Theological Center Male Chorus singing inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The group, dressed in dark suits, is standing in a row on the chancel facing out toward the crowd of attendees. A few unidentified attendees are in front of the camera. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011
• Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Interdenominational Theological Center Male Chorus, American, founded 1958
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
• Place captured: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2011.94.29
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Horace Henry Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.