MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, 1972

LYLE SUTER PAINTS MLK JR., FOR NEW L.A. HOSPITAL, 1972

 

January 9, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LYLE SUTER’S PORTRAIT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

 

January 9, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 PUBLICATIONS REPORT LYLE SUTER MLK JR. PORTRAIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS ARTICLES & PHOTOS IN L.A, CA & IA; 1971 – 1972

 

 

 

 

George Suter, Mr. Suter's Grandfather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“COMMUNICATING ATTITUDES OF AMERICANS TODAY”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ONE OF NATIONS LEADING PORTRAIT ARTISTS”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEVEVERLY HILLS SCHOOLS ON SUTER – MLK PORTRAIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS ARTICLES FROM SCHOOL BOARD & BHHS, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLK HOSPITAL CORNERSTONE LAYING CEREMONY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 9, 1971; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

SUTERS VISIT MLK JR. PORTAIT, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW MLK JR. OUTPATIENT CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT OF USA

MLK JR. CREDENTIALS

  • B.A. Degree Morehouse College; Sociology; started age15; grad at 19
  • B.D. Degree Crozer Theological Seminary
  • Ph.D. Boston University
  • Nobel Peace Prize
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Congressional Gold Medal. 
  • Birthday is a federal holiday
  • Hundreds of streets named in his honor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA’S #1 ALL TIME CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH SET THE STANDARD

 

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 1957 Co Founder and First President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  • Led struggle against segregation in South
  • Helped organize the "March on Washington" and give "I Have a Dream" speech

 

 

INFLUENCED 1965 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

 

  • Helped organize the 1965 Selma and Montgomery marches
  • 1965 participated with President in signing of Federal Civil Rights Law
  • Expanded his focus to Chicago segregated housing, poverty & Viet Nam War

 

 

 

 

 

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