Alwyn Scott Turner

This is the last formal portrait made of Martin Luther King, Jr.  It was made during his last public speaking performance in Detroit, Michigan in late March, on the evening prior to his airplane departure for Memphis, Tennessee - He was assassinated a few days later.

He had agreed to do an interview/portrait with me after his final speech in Detroit, and after making this documentary portrait - his schedule was running late to do the hour-long interview - he agreed to write an article to be published with his historical portrait.

On the day he was assassinated, I received the article titled: 'The Other America" - by Martin Luther King, Jr. - Two weeks after his assassination, I published this documentary portrait with his article in The Detroit Magazine - which I owned.

In this last article written to be published by Martin Luther King, Jr. - titled 'The Other America' - he states in the opening paragraph:

"I still believe that freedom is the bonus you receive for telling the truth - ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. I do not see how we will ever solve the turbulent problem of race confronting our nation until there is an honest confrontation with it and a willing search for the truth and a willingness to admit the truth when we discover it."