Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Coretta Scott King and her children: Museum Object and Cultural History
Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Coretta Scott King and her children: Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011. Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948. Subject of: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006.
The object in the museum catalogue
This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte sitting with Bernice and Coretta Scott King inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Bernice King is looking at the camera. There are other unidentified attendees seated and leaning against the wall. Press equipment is visible behind the King family. There is a glare from a light above Belafonte. 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: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
- Subject of: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Subject of: Bernice Albertine King, American, born 1963
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Printed by: Unidentified
- 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: 2011.94.15
- 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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