Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill
American, born 1937
Untitled, from the series "Black Muslims"
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Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill
American, born 1937About 1975
Untitled, from the series "Black Muslims"
Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill American, born 1937 →20th Centuryphotographyphotograph
Date
About 1975
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15.6 × 23.7 cm (6 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Through prior gift of Emanuel and Edithann M. Gerard
On February 25, 1975, one day before the Nation of Islam’s annual Saviours’ Day convention, Elijah Muhammad, the group’s leader, died of congestive heart failure. The event that year became a memorial, attended by thousands of followers and many community leaders. South Side photojournalist Mikki Ferrill photographed the funeral procession and the many tributes paid to Muhammad, including a eulogy by the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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