Fans gathered around Harry Belefonte's limosine after the first birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church: Museum Object and Cultural History
Fans gathered around Harry Belefonte's limosine after the first birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church: Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011. Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948. Subje
The object in the museum catalogue
This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte seated in a car after the first commemorative birthday event for Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. Belafonte is smiling slightly and looking out of the car window toward the camera. There is an unidentified man seated next to Belafonte and an unidentified child seated behind them. There is a crowd standing behind the car. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark and printer's inscriptions.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011
- Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948
- Subject of: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
- Type: portraits
- 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: Actors
- Topic: Baptist
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.94.35
- 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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