Martin Luther King by Ernst Haas, Black-and-White Photography 1960s

Martin Luther King, 1963 by Ernst Haas is a 14” x 11” gelatin silver print, authenticated by the estate with a stamp on photo verso (back of print) and signed by the photographer’s son. Printed in 2019 by Robin Bell. Provenance: artist's archive.Haas photographed Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most influential African-American civil rights activists from the 1960s, giving a press conference outside the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King (MLK) and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were determined to see their efforts succeed. Following months of careful planning, King initiated a massive desegregation campaign aimed at "the breaking of racial barriers in Birmingham, the most thoroughly segregated big city" in America. When marchers in 1963 took to city streets in peaceful protest, they were brutally attacked by police acting on orders from Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor. Arrested on Good Friday, King remained in jail for ni