Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Howard University
Artist
Rowland Scherman
(American, born 1937)
Date1966
Mediumdigital inkjet print
Dimensions40.6 cm x 27.8 cm (image), 56.0 x 43.2 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Howard G. Davis, III A.K.A. David Davis
Object number2014.1237
Label TextThe most influential social reformer of the era, King was a Baptist minister who promoted Civil Rights through nonviolent civil disobedience. He organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, and two years later helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. At the March on Washington in 1963, King distinguished himself a great orator with his “I Have a Dream” speech. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Boston, MAOn View
Not on view
Ernest C. Withers
December 1956
