The Renowned Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph shows Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society from Clark Atlanta University inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969.

The Clark College Philharmonic Society is dressed in black and arranged standing in two lines facing out toward the audience (not pictured). Killingsworth is facing the Philharmonic Society. There are a few unidentified seated attendees behind the Philharmonic Society. Andrew Young is seated in front of Killingsworth facing out toward the audience.

The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011
• Photograph by: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, American
• Subject of: Clark College Philharmonic Society, American
• Subject of: Andrew Young, American, born 1932
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• 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 depicted: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2011.94.22
• 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.