Bishop Jordan, AME Baptist Church, T. O. Jones, Head of Sanitation Workers, Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers, line up to lead protest march after death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

Object Details

Photograph by

Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007

Subject of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Description

In this black-and-white photograph, a black man and a white man hold hands in the foreground. In the background, people line up to begin a march.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Decaneas, Decaneas Archive, and Ernest C. Withers Trust

April 8, 1968

Object number

2011.16.2

Restrictions & Rights

© Ernest C. Withers Trust

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm)

Place depicted

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Photography

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.16.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd532797749-bf40-4e21-9cd8-f55410c6dc41