Harry Belafonte prepares to go inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Dr. King's memorial service: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte arriving by car to the commemorative birthday service for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1969 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The car door is open and Belafonte is facing away from the car. There is an unidentified crowd behind the car. 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: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• 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: 2011.94.3
• 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

Sources and reuse

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.