Rev Ralph Abernathy embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks on left, SCLC Convention, Memphis, TN

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Object Details

Created by

Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007

Subject of

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005

Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990

Benjamin Hooks, American, 1925 - 2010

Unidentified Man or Men

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Description

Rosa Parks shakes hands and receives a kiss from Rev. Joseph Abernathy while surrounded by onlookers.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

July 1968

Object number

2009.16.20

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Place depicted

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Photography

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59dd37b32-39a0-4a92-86ad-0f6609baf8b3

Record ID

nmaahc_2009.16.20