<I>Members of the military gather on Auburn Avenue outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 15, 1969; printed 2011
name: label: Photograph by
content: Horace C. Henry, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
notes: label: Caption
content: Members of the military along with a military flag corps gather on Auburn Avenue outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
label: Description
content: This black and white photograph shows unidentified members of the military outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church after the first commemorative event on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in 1969. There are four men in uniform, one of whom is obscured by two flags. One is the American flag and the other is partially folded up with the words [RESERVE] and [CORPS] visible. There are unidentified men in civilian clothes in the background. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.
place: label: Place captured
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
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 Horace C. Henry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.94.37
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Horace Henry
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)