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:The first NAACP fieldworker in Mississippi, Medgar Evers was shot in the back on June 12, 1963, in front of his home in Jackson. Black and white leaders from around the nation, including Martin Luther King, Jr., attended his funeral. Ernest Withers here captures the charged atmosphere. A World War II veteran, Evers was buried at Arlington Cemetery.
The accused killer, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith, stood trial twice in the 1960s, but the all-white juries could not reach a verdict. In a third trial in 1994, Beckwith was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
The accused killer, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith, stood trial twice in the 1960s, but the all-white juries could not reach a verdict. In a third trial in 1994, Beckwith was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
DescriptionPortfolio with letterpress text and ten gelatin silver prints.
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