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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the New Politics Convention at the Chicago Coliseum, October, 1967 (from "Countdown to Eternity")

Artist Benedict J. Fernandez (American, born 1936)
Copy Right Holder The Artist
Maker/Publisher Eastman Kodak Company (American, active from 19th century)
Date1967-68
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.3 x 27.9 cm)
image: 12 1/4 x 8 3/16 in. (31.1 x 20.8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineGift of Leslie A. and Michael S. Engl, Class of 1966
Terms
  • Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • portrait
  • flag
  • crowd
  • speech
Object number90.4.1
DescriptionKing spoke about the direction of the war in Vietnam, the beginnings of a better quality of life for all people, and the concept for "Resurrection City".
Edition19/50
Inscribedl.l. in pencil: 19/50; l.r. in pencil: Benedict J Fernandez
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