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LL/27557
Ernest Withers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resting in the Lorraine Motel following the March Against Fear, Memphis, TN
1966
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27557 [Further details available]

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LL/27552
Ernest Withers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy ride on one of the first desegregated buses, Montgomery, AL
1956, 21 December
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27552 [Further details available]

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LL/27561
Ernest Withers
Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. is stopped by police at Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson, MS
1963, June
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27561

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LL/27550
Ernest Withers
Sanitation Workers assemble in front of Clayborn Temple for a solidarity march.
1968, 28 March
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27550 [Further details available]

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LL/27551
Ernest Withers
Funeral procession for Dr King on Auburn St, after leaving ML King Sr.'s church, Atlanta, GA
1968, April
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27551

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LL/27562
Ernest Withers
Bishop Jordan, AME Baptist Church, TO Jones, Head of Sanitation Workers, Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers, line up to lead protest march after death of Dr King, Memphis, TN,
1968, 8 April
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27562 [Further details available]

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LL/27558
Ernest Withers
Desegregation of Central High School by "Little Rock Nine."
1957
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27558 [Further details available]

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LL/27559
Ernest Withers
Overton Park Zoo. One day a week was designeated for Blacks only (all other days for Whites only). Memphis, TN
1950s
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27559

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LL/77653
Ernest Withers
Self portrait of Ernest C. Withers
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/77653

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LL/92601
Unidentified photographer
Ernest C. Withers, posing in front of his Memphis studio
1968
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
© Ernest C. Withers Trust
 
LL/92601

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