Stokely Carmichael, Unknown Chicago Church
c. 1968
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.8 × 15.5 cm (9 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 29.8 × 24 cm (11 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
Accession Number
2022.102.6
Art Historical Context
In 1968, amid the turbulent civil rights era, photographer Darryl Cowherd captured this compelling gelatin silver print of Stokely inside an unknown Chicago church. Titled *Stokely Carmichael, Chicago Church*, the image freezes a moment with one of the movement's most fiery voices—later known as Kwame Ture—who popularized the rallying cry "Black Power" in 6. That year saw escalating protests, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and unrest, including Chicago's own riots, making this church setting a poignant backdrop for activism and reflection. Cowherd, a skilled documentary photogra...