Ticket for funeral services for Martin Luther King, Jr. owned by Nina Simone
Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Used by
- Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
- Owned by
- Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- Description
- An admission ticket to satellite funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Morehouse College. The back is blank.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- April 9, 1968
- Object number
- 2011.132.4.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- passes (tickets)
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (5.4 x 13.3 cm)
- Place used
- Morehouse College, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Composers (Musicians)
- Funeral customs and rites
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Popular music
- Singers (Musicians)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.132.4.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cacc834d-8e2d-4fe6-bf45-84b5f02ae268
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