Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Chicago Freedom Movement rally
Object Details
- Date
- July 10, 1966; printed 2012
- Created by
- Bernard Kleina, American
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Description
- A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. He is holding his right hand in the air, palm outward. He is gazing to the viewer's left. In the background, out of focus, is a figure in a red shirt and a black umbrella.
- Place depicted
- Soldier Field, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicago Freedom Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.140.1
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Bernard J. Kleina
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.140.1
Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Chicago Freedom Movement rally
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