Dr. Wendell P. Whalum of Morehouse College conducts the Morehouse College Glee Club: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dr. Wendell P. Whalum of Morehouse College conducts the Morehouse College Glee Club: Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011. Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948. Subject of: Dr. Wendell Phillips Whalum Sr., American, 1931 - 19
The object in the museum catalogue
This black and white photograph shows Dr. Wendel Phillips Whalum Sr. conducting the Morehouse College Glee Club for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969 inside Ebenezer Baptist Church. Cleveland Robinson, sitting with his legs crossed at proper right, and four unidentifed men are seated in front of Whalum and the Glee Club. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011
- Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948
- Subject of: Dr. Wendell Phillips Whalum Sr., American, 1931 - 1987
- Subject of: Morehouse College Glee Club, American, founded 1911
- Subject of: Cleveland Robinson, Jamaican American, 1914 - 1995
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- 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: Photography
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: The Black Church
- Object number: 2011.94.21
- 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.
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