NCC professor to discuss King portraits

Thomas J. Shillea, director of art programs at Northampton Community College, will tell the story of his photographic portraits of Coretta Scott King in "Preserving the Dream: Photographs of the King Family" from 11 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. Jan. 21 at Northampton Community College's College Center, room 220, Bethlehem Campus, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township.

In addition to taking 10 official portraits of King, Shillea also took a series of candid photographs of her with her son, Dexter. Both series will be shown at the presentation.

Three portraits of King are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., and one of these three images is included in the Smithsonian Institution's book "African American Women."

Admission is free and open to the public.