Ernest C. Withers (1922 - 2007 Memphis, TN)
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''I Am A Man'', sanitation workers assemble at Clayborn Temple for a solidarity march, Memphis, Tennessee, March 28, 1968
Unframed gelatin silver print, later unnumbered impression
Signed, inscribed and dated lower right: To: Jehimo / my best with love / Ernest Withers / 5/5/03, with artist's stamp verso
Image size: 11'' H x 19.25'' W
Provenance: Private Collection, Arcadia, CA.
Notes: The present historical image by important Civil Rights Movement photographer Ernest C. Withers represents a large group of African American sanitation workers assembling for a solidarity march on day 53 of their strike in Memphis Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in attendance that day, and this event would be his final protest march before he was assassinated just one week later. Paper size: 16'' H x 20'' W.
Unframed gelatin silver print, later unnumbered impression
Signed, inscribed and dated lower right: To: Jehimo / my best with love / Ernest Withers / 5/5/03, with artist's stamp verso
Image size: 11'' H x 19.25'' W
Provenance: Private Collection, Arcadia, CA.
Notes: The present historical image by important Civil Rights Movement photographer Ernest C. Withers represents a large group of African American sanitation workers assembling for a solidarity march on day 53 of their strike in Memphis Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in attendance that day, and this event would be his final protest march before he was assassinated just one week later. Paper size: 16'' H x 20'' W.
Condition
Generally good condition. A vertical crease extending from upper to lower edges approximately 3'' from the right. Other handling creases throughout. A dime-sized indentation in the image lower left.
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Ernest C. Withers (1922 - 2007 Memphis, TN)
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