Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her children: Museum Object and Cultural History
Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Mrs. 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 members of the King family and Harry Belafonte seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s commemorative birthday service in 1969. Media equipment is set up behind the family and one of the lights is shining at the camera. The bottom proper right corner of the photograph is obscured. 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: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Alberta King, American, 1904 - 1974
- Subject of: Rev. Martin Luther King Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
- 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: 2011.94.8
- 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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