<I>The Renowned Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society</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: Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, American
label: Subject of
content: Clark College Philharmonic Society, American
label: Subject of
content: Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
notes: label: Caption
content: Beautiful music filled Ebenezer Baptish [sic] Church on this 15th day of January in 1969 as they celebrated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here we see the renowned Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth, chairman of the music department, conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society.
label: Description
content: This black and white photograph shows Dr. J. DeKoven Killingsworth conducting the Clark College Philharmonic Society from Clark Atlanta University inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969.
label: Description
content: The Clark College Philharmonic Society is dressed in black and arranged standing in two lines facing out toward the audience (not pictured). Killingsworth is facing the Philharmonic Society. There are a few unidentified seated attendees behind the Philharmonic Society. Andrew Young is seated in front of Killingsworth facing out toward the audience.
label: Description
content: The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.
place: label: Place depicted
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: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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: 2011.94.22
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)