<I>Andrew Young addressing he audience at the first birthday celebration in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</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: Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
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: Pictures above is Andrew Young addressing the audience at the first birthday celebration in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Young was one of Dr. King's closest leutenants [sic] and was at his side within seconds after the shots rang out that killed him at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
label: Description
content: This black and white photograph shows Andrew Young in profile speaking at a lectern inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. There are two figures in front of the camera facing Young. White flowers can be seen on either side of Young and there is a crowd in front of the chancel. Young is in the center of the photograph looking out toward the crowd. 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: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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: 2011.94.20
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)