Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Artist
Dan Budnik
(born 1933 Long Island, New York)
Sitter
Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929 Atlanta, Georgia - 1968 Memphis, Tennessee)
Sitter
Reverend Ralph Abernathy
(1926 Linden, Alabama - 1990 Atlanta, Georgia)
Sitter
Reverend Hosea Williams
(1926 Attaplus, Georgia - 2000 Atlanta, Georgia)
Sitter
Reverend Andrew Young
(born 1932 New Orleans, Louisiana; lives Atlanta, Georgia)
Sitter
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
(1922 Mount Meigs, Alabama - 2011 Birmingham, Alabama)
Date3/1/1965
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1999.53.33
DescriptionThis photograph was taken of inside the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama where several men including Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are preaching. The bottom half of the photograph shows the men and the pulpit within the church. The are five men in the photograph. Situated from left to right they are Reverend Ralph Abernathy, who is sitting down in a tall chair, Reverend Hosea Williams, Reverend Andrew Young, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Reverend Fred Schuttlesworth who is standing at the pulpit preaching. Rev. Schuttlesworth has his left armed partially raised and is in mid-speech. They are all dressed in black suits and ties. The pulpit is made of wood and has decorative arches engraved into it. At the bottom edge are the words "IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME" bordered by two crosses on each side. The pulpit and the men stand inside an arched alcove bordered by a stone pillar. There is a door on the left and on the top is a bright white cross hanging from a chain on the ceiling. In the center of the cross are Latin letters stating "IHS". The walls of the church are white and the bowed heads of a few parishioners can be seen on the bottom corner.On View
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