<I>Stevie Wonder singing “Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King to you” at rally on the National Mall in protest for a MLK Jr. National Holiday</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 15, 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941
label: Subject of
content: John Conyers Jr., American, 1929 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: LeBaron Taylor, American, 1935 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Kenny Gamble, American, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Lula Mae Hardaway, American, 1930 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: David Allen Clarke, American, 1943 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Johnnie Taylor, American, 1937 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Georgie Woods, American, 1927 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a birthday memorial celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr. on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The image features a line of people with arms crossed and holding hands. In the line is Stevie Wonder, singing "Happy Birthday" into a microphone. From left to right in the front row are LeBaron Taylor, vice president of CBS Records; Kenney Gamble of Philadelphia International Records; Lula Hardaway, Stevie’s mother; D.C. Council chairman Dave Clark; Sam Jordan, a D.C. city government official; Reverend Jesse Jackson; Stevie Wonder; Representative John Conyers; singer Johnny Taylor; and Georgie Woods, Philadelphia disc jockey. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.100
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 14 in. (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)