Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968
Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph depicting a memorial march after the assassination of Dr. King. People march from top right to bottom left carrying signs saying "HONOR KING: END RACISM" and "UNION JUSTICE NOW!"
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- April 8, 1968
- 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
- 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)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
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