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1/14/02

SLU GALLERY EXHIBITS PHOTGRAPHS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

CANTON - Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated at 
St. Lawrence University with the opening of an exhibition of 
black-and-white photographs of King in the Richard F. Brush 
Art Gallery on campus.
	Countdown to Eternity, photographs by Benedict J. 
Fernandez, will be on exhibition from January 21 through February 
13. Two events will be held in conjunction with the exhibition:
	- On Monday, January 21, a service will be held beginning 
at 5 p.m. in Gunnison Memorial Chapel, with remarks by University 
President Daniel F. Sullivan. Following the service, there will 
be a candlelight procession to the Underground in the E.J. Noble 
University Center, with an "open microphone" and video screening 
of I Have A Dream.
	- On Friday, February 8, at 4 p.m. in Room 123 of the 
Griffiths Arts Center, Fernandez will give a slide lecture titled 
"Conscience: The Ultimate Weapon." A reception will follow.
	The exhibition is comprised of 50 photographs of King and 
events during the civil rights movement, taken by Fernandez from 1965 
to 1968. It includes such images as King addressing a crowd of 500,000 
outside the United Nations on April 15, 1967; King with staff members 
at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Headquarters; King at 
home and at church with his family in Atlanta; and finally, supporters 
assembled to honor the slain civil rights leader following his 
assassination in Memphis on April 6, 1968. In addition, photographs of 
Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Robert Kennedy, and other 
civil rights activists such as Dick Gregory, Dr. Benjamin Spock and 
James Baldwin are included.
	Photographs by Fernandez have been published in The New York Times 
and in Benedict J. Fernandez, Protest: Photographs, 1963-1995 (Edition 
Stemmle, 1996) and In Opposition: Images of American Dissent in the 
Sixties (Da Capo Press, 1968). He has taught photography at the New 
School for Social Research in New York and received awards from the 
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment 
for the Arts.  
	The exhibition is presented at St. Lawrence University in 
conjunction with Flippin' the Script: Recognizing Differences, Finding 
Commonalities, Negotiating Identities, Transforming Communities, a 
series of activities and events presented through the William and Flora 
Hewlett Foundation's Pluralism and Unity Project. Countdown to Eternity 
and related educational programs are sponsored by Leica Camera, Inc., 
Swann Auction Galleries, Ilford Imaging, Dynacolor Graphics and ARTVision 
International.
	For more information, or to arrange individual or group tours, 
contact the Brush Gallery at (315) 229-5174.
 
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