MEMPHIS 1967-1969

There can be no doubt that the years from 1967 to 1969 were a zenith in the struggle for Civil Rights in America. And there is no doubt that Memphis, Tennessee was a fundamental location in that fight. For on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, the single most important figure in the history of the Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Moving though the center of these happenings was a prodigious young photographer, Terry Manning. He was already chronicling the everyday tableau around Memphis even before the assassination, determined to capture on film the essence of life amongst the people, the classes, the races…the very zeitgeist of the times.

When on April 3, 1968, Manning was asked by Al Bell (then Vice-President of Stax Records, at which Manning worked in the music industry) to venture to the Memphis Airport to assist in moving Bell’s friend Dr. King’s retinue and luggage to the Lorraine Motel, Manning fortuitously took his camera with him…and upon encountering Dr. King in the airport hallway, moved with the group, taking the opportunity to capture what were to be amongst the very last still photographs ever taken of the great leader as he arrived in Memphis to support the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ strike. Only hours later on the next day, after the iconic Mason Temple Speech that evening, Dr, King was gone.

Manning had captured some of the final images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. These images of Dr. King are startlingly personal and powerful.

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The aftermath in the Memphis area was catastrophic…a curfew was established as police struggled to maintain order. Manning was again there. And one year later, a memorial was given in downtown Memphis to celebrate the life of the great man, including a speech by Senator Edward Kennedy (who had also lost his brother Robert Kennedy to assassination only months earlier). Again, Terry Manning was in attendance with his cameras.

Over the ensuing years Manning became one of the most successful figures in the Music Industry, as Producer and/or Engineer of some of the biggest recordings of the coming decades, working closely with such artists as Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Al Green, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Booker T & The MGs, Dusty Springfield, and many more. He also has become a celebrated Art and Photojournalist Photographer, with two published books of Photography, as well as a number of exhibits at Museums and Galleries across the US of both his historic black and white work and his more recent large format color Fine Art photography.

Each of the images below (with the exception of the MLK photographs) is available in both a 13” x 19” and a 16” x 20” size print, each size available in a limited edition of 50 archival prints. The 13 x 19 prints are $4,000 each, and the 16 x 20 are $5,000 each.

Manning has printed four incredible images of Dr. King in 16” x 20” black and white, in a limited edition of fifty sets. These sets of four are available for $100,000 per set.

THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PHOTOGRAPHS
APRIL 3, 1968

MLK 2




MLK 5



MLK 3




MLK 11





THE STRUGGLE AND THE AFTERMATH PHOTOS, 1968-1969

Lorraine Motel 1968



Decent Wages 1969



Appreciation 1969



All 1969



Listening To Sen. Kennedy 1969



Front Porch 1968



I AM A MAN 1969



In Memory Of BOBBY 1968



It Your Thang Dr King 1968



Listening 1969



NO LEFT TURN 1969



State Troopers 1968



Memphis Guard Siege 1968


National Guard In Memphis 1968



Memphis Police 1968



STAX Record on WHBQ Turntable 1968



WALLACE 1968






EVERYDAY MEMPHIS PHOTOS, 1967-1969

305 1968



A&P 1968



best with 1968



BIG BOY 1968



Burger Chef 1967



Cash Register 1968



Ceiling Light 1967




CHICKEN 1968



Concrete Columns 1967



COTTON 1968



Cotton Train House 1968



Delta Twin 1967



Dixie Burger Broil



Dixie Diner 1967



FLIVVER 1967



Free! Kerosine 1968



Gold's Radiator Service 1967



Graceland 1969


Hamburgers 25¢ 1968



Holiday Inn 1968



Hospital Waiting Room 1969



HOT DOGS! 1967



ICE CREAM 1967



KFC 1968



MEDIC 1967



Mississippi River Bridge 1968



MOBIL 1968



Money Orders 1967



My*T*Fine 1967




NuGRAPE 1968



PEPS 1968



Plate Lunch Bar-B-Q 1967



RC COLA 1968



SALES 1968



Shoneys 1967



Sink 1967



Standard Saddle Shop 1967



TACO ROOM 1967



TEXACO 1967




Veteran's Cab Co. 1967




Waitin' For The Bus 1967



Waiting 1967



ZAYRE 1967



Garage Girl 1969



American Recording Studio 1968



Ardent Recording Studio 1967




FORD 1968



Brown Bag Kitchen 1967



Shoestring Potatoes 1967




Zoo Bonnet Girl 1967


All photographs on this site are lowered resolution for Internet display and are watermarked with both The Manning Gallery logo and a copyright notice. While this intrusion may detract from the image integrity, it is unfortunately necessary given the criminal possibilities of the Internet. No use of any image herein without express written permission of the copyright holder will be tolerated. All violations will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible by law.

NB: Every limited edition of every print also has the possibility of one or more “Artist Proof” prints being available.

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