SCLC pallbearers stand over casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at Morehouse College on April 12, 1968, Atlanta, GA
Object Details
- Date
- April 12, 1968
- Photograph by
- Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Description
- In the foreground of this black-and-white photograph is Dr. King's coffin. Behind it stands a line of men holding hands.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Violence
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.16.3
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.16.3
In the foreground of this black-and-white photograph is Dr. King's coffin. Behind it stands a line of men holding hands. H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm)
