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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Austin Hansen photograph collection

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Title
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C
Names
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Collection

Austin Hansen photograph collection

Series I: Personalities

King, Martin Luther, Jr

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1957
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
Topics
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
African American civil rights workers
African American clergy
Meetings -- New York (State) -- New York
African Americans -- Civil rights
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (standing at center) addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C., at a meeting in Harlem, New York, that includes the Reverends Shelton Hale Bishop, O. Clay Maxwell, David Licorish, pilgrimage organizer Thomas Kilgore, and Eugene Callender, with actor Sidney Poitier in left foreground, 1957
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12017637
MSS Unit ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3393263
Photo Order: 58536
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0e1bd640-b6b1-0135-fb4e-634b9b7df2f1
Copyright Notice
© The Estate of Austin Hansen.
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1910: Creator Born
  • 1957: Issued
  • 1996: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1957. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97aaee00-b750-0135-0af8-5bc83fd0aaf9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97aaee00-b750-0135-0af8-5bc83fd0aaf9

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1957). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97aaee00-b750-0135-0af8-5bc83fd0aaf9

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center, addressing a group of Harlem ministers in preparation for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to Washington, D.C