Martin Luther King Funeral Procession; 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 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 40.5 cm)
image: 14 7/8 x 14 15/16 in. (37.8 x 37.9 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: 2003.46H
Label Text:Ernest C. Withers
American, 1922–2007
“Martin Luther King Funeral Procession”
Funeral procession for Dr. King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King’s church, Atlanta, Georgia, April 12, 1968
“If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell him not to talk too long…. I’d like somebody to mention that day that ‘Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others.’”
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Feb. 4, 1968, Detroit
American, 1922–2007
“Martin Luther King Funeral Procession”
Funeral procession for Dr. King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King’s church, Atlanta, Georgia, April 12, 1968
“If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell him not to talk too long…. I’d like somebody to mention that day that ‘Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others.’”
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Feb. 4, 1968, Detroit
DescriptionPortfolio with letterpress text and ten gelatin silver prints.
Not on view