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First Desegregated Bus Ride: Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegregated bus, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956, from the portfolio I am a Man
First Desegregated Bus Ride: Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegregated bus, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956, from the portfolio I am a Man

First Desegregated Bus Ride: Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegregated bus, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956, from the portfolio I am a Man

Artist/Maker (American, 1922–2007)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (37.9 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineOberlin Friends of Art Fund
Edition18/35
PortfolioI am a Man
Object number2004.6.2
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Ernest C. WithersProvenance(G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York); purchased 2004 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
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  • Modern & Contemporary
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