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Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Artist
Constantine Manos, born 1934
Sitter
Rosa Parks, 4 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968
Date
1955-56
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 17.4 x 24.1cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/2")
Mat: 35.6 × 45.7cm (14 × 18")
Topic
Interior
Rosa Parks: Female
Rosa Parks: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist
Rosa Parks: Society and Social Change\Administrator
Rosa Parks: Society and Social Change\Pacifist
Rosa Parks: Crafts and Trades\Textile worker\Seamstress
Rosa Parks: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Rosa Parks: Congressional Gold Medal
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal
Portrait
Place
United States\Alabama\Montgomery\Montgomery
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Constantine Manos
Object number
NPG.2009.4
Exhibition Label
Born Tuskegee, Alabama
During the 382-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, members of the city’s African American community held mass meetings in local churches to exchange information, discuss strategy, and bolster morale. In this photograph, taken at one of those meetings, Rosa Parks leans forward in her front-row seat as Martin Luther King Jr. (standing with his hand on the Bible and his back to the camera) prepares to speak from the pulpit.
After the United States Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation on buses in individual states, a wave of violence and intimidation erupted in Montgomery. Snipers fired into city buses, carloads of Ku Klux Klan members menaced residents in black neighborhoods, and terrorists’ bombs destroyed five African American churches.
Nacida en Tuskegee, Alabama
Durante los 382 días que duró el boicot de autobuses en Montgomery, Alabama, los miembros de la comunidad afroamericana de la ciudad se convocaban en las iglesias para intercambiar información, discutir estrategias y elevar la moral de la gente. En esta fotografía, tomada en una de aquellas reuniones, Rosa Parks se inclina en su asiento de primera fila mientras Martin Luther King Jr. (de pie, con la mano en la Biblia, de espaldas a la cámara) se prepara para hablar desde el púlpito.
Cuando el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos prohibió la segregación racial en los autobuses, una ola de violencia e intimidación se desató en Montgomery. Los autobuses eran atacados por francotiradores, miembros del Ku Klux Klan se paseaban en auto por los vecindarios negros para amedrentar a los residentes y cinco iglesias afroamericanas fueron destruidas por bombas terroristas.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view