Rev Ralph Abernathy embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks on left, SCLC Convention, Memphis, TN
Object Details
- Date
- July 1968
- 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.
- Place depicted
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.16.20
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.16.20
Rosa Parks shakes hands and receives a kiss from Rev. Joseph Abernathy while surrounded by onlookers. H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
