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Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House

Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962, printed 1996
Place depictedAlbany, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 × 13 1/16 in. (11.7 × 33.2 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.391
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMichael and Jeanne Klein; given to MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom left corner: #6
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions Printer // Kelton // BLEAK BEAUTY // 1962 Picture Date 1996 Print Date
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Danny Lyon

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