Dr. Martin Luther King is Confronted; from the portfolio, I Am A Man
Artist: Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922 - 2007)
Publisher: Panopticon Press, Tony Decaneas, Waltham, MA
Date: photographs: 1956-1968; portfolio: 1994
Dimensions:
sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.3 x 40.5 cm)
image: 18 13/16 x 14 7/8 in. (47.8 x 37.8 cm)
Sheet, according to WAC form: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Mrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number: 2003.46F
Label Text:“Dr. Martin Luther King Is Confronted”
Dr. King is stopped by police at Medgar Evers’ funeral, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1963
The first NAACP fieldworker in Mississippi, Medgar Evers was shot in the back
Dr. King is stopped by police at Medgar Evers’ funeral, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1963
The first NAACP fieldworker in Mississippi, Medgar Evers was shot in the back
DescriptionPortfolio with letterpress text and ten gelatin silver prints.
Not on view