Coretta Scott King with Harry Belafonte, at the funeral of her husband Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968

Collection Artwork

Artist

Burk Uzzle (born North Carolina, United States, 1938)

Title

Coretta Scott King with Harry Belafonte, at the funeral of her husband Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968

Creation date

1968

Materials

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image size: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
8 x 10 in.
mat size: 12 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.

Credit Line

The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum

Place of Creation

photographed in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North America

Accession Number

2020.19.3

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Inscribed, verso, upper left: 4500 / AC 29205
Inscribed, verso, upper center: FCC F U[?]1F[?]
Avril 1968. Madame Martin Luther King / à l’enterrement du Pasteur King / au cimetière de Atlanta. H. Belafonte
Inscribed, verso, center, upside-down: 68-18-20/18A
Stamped, verso, center, surrounded by rectangular line: Photography by / Burk Uzzle / © / 1968 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 10036

Just four days after the assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., and one day before his funeral, Coretta Scott King said, “I ask the question, ‘How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?’”

From the exhibition: Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy (July 9 – December 18, 2022)

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