Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at a rally

Object Details

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.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina

July 10, 1966; printed 2012

Object number

2013.140.8

Restrictions & Rights

© Bernard J. Kleina

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

portraits

inkjet prints

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)

Place depicted

Grant Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Chicago Freedom Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Men

Photography

Race discrimination

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Women

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.140.8

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53a122c74-0ee4-4c0e-8280-35e090411dc6