Bronx Museum Pays Tribute To MLK Jr.
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior as the country marked the 42nd anniversary of his death Sunday.
"Road to Freedom" is a series of 130 photographs detailing some of the most iconic and provocative images of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Concourse exhibit explores the impact of the era of social change. Its sister exhibition called "After 1968," features newly commissioned and recently completed works by artists born in or after the year 1968.
King was shot to death on April 4th, 1968 on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The reverend had traveled to speak in support of African-American sanitation workers on strike.
Dr. King was only 39-years-old.
James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to murdering the civil rights icon, but recanted after his conviction, spending the rest of his life claiming his innocence.
He died in prison in 1998.
The Lorraine Motel has since been converted into the National Civil Rights Museum.
Both exhibitions at the Bronx Museum of the Arts were organized two years ago on the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination.
They will be on display at the Bronx Museum through mid-August.