Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at a rally
Object Details
- Date
- July 10, 1966; printed 2012
- Created by
- Bernard Kleina, American
- Subject of
- Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. standing next to and slightly behind Coretta Scott King. Dr. King is wearing a white shirt and black tie. He is gazing straight ahead. Mrs. King is wearing black sunglasses, red lipstick, and a yellow top. Closely surrounding them is a crowd of people, including a man with glasses wearing a flat cap and a smiling woman in large round sunglasses.
- Place depicted
- Grant Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Men
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- 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 and Susan Keleher Kleina
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.140.8
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Bernard J. Kleina
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (17 x 18.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.140.8
Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at a rally
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