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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
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LL/27557 [Further details available]

1 of 24
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
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LL/27552 [Further details available]

2 of 24
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
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LL/27561

3 of 24
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
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LL/27550 [Further details available]

4 of 24
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
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LL/27551

5 of 24
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
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LL/27562 [Further details available]

6 of 24
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
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LL/27558 [Further details available]

7 of 24
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
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LL/27559

8 of 24
LL/27560
Ernest Withers
William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones (8 months old) during protest march on Main St., Memphis, TN The little girl grew up to become a doctor.
1961, August
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27560

9 of 24
LL/27553
Ernest Withers
Neil Robinson, Martin's Stadium
1940s (late)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27553 [Further details available]

10 of 24
LL/27554
Ernest Withers
Ernie Banks, Larry Doby, Matty Brescia, Jackie Robinson, Martin's Stadium
1953
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27554

11 of 24
LL/27555
Ernest Withers
Martin's Stadium
1950s
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27555

12 of 24
LL/27556
Ernest Withers
Untitled
n.d.
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27556

13 of 24
LL/27563
Ernest Withers
Ruth Brown performing at The Hippadrome, Memphis, TN
1950s
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27563

14 of 24
LL/27564
Ernest Withers
Lionel Hampton, the Hippodrome, Memphis, TN
1950s (mid)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27564

15 of 24
LL/27565
Ernest Withers
B.B. King with Bill Harvey, Club Handy
1951 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27565

16 of 24
LL/27566
Ernest Withers
B.B. King with Bill Harvey, Hippodrome, Beale Street, Memphis
1950 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27566

17 of 24
LL/27568
Ernest Withers
Howlin' Wolf Band, (l to r) Unidentified, Chico Chism, James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Hill, Brinkly, AR, Cotton field
1961 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27568

18 of 24
LL/27569
Ernest Withers
Big Ella, Club Paradise, Memphis TN
1962 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27569

19 of 24
LL/27570
Ernest Withers
Brook Benton and Elvis Presley, WDIA Goodwill Revue, Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, TN
1957, 6 December
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27570

20 of 24
LL/27571
Ernest Withers
Isaac Hayes in his office at Stax Records, Memphis, TN
1970s, November
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27571

21 of 24
LL/27572
Ernest Withers
Ike and Tina Turner, Club Paradise
1962 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print, 2 1/4 Kodak B/W negative
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27572

22 of 24
LL/27573
Ernest Withers
James Brown, Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN
1965 (ca)
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27573

23 of 24
LL/27567
Ernest Withers
Twins at WDIA
1948
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
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LL/27567

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