Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Martin Luther King III
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- James H. Karales, American, 1930 - 2002
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
- Martin Luther King III, American, born 1957
- Description
- Black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his son Martin Luther King III. Dr. King, wearing a white shirt, black pants and a patterned tie, holds his young son over his head with both arms. Martin Luther King III, held in the air, bends at his waist and rests his forehead against his father's forehead below him. He wears a light colored shirt, dark pants and white shoes. They stand in a grassy yard with a wooden clapboard house in the background. The house has two windows visible and peeling paint. There is a wooden lattice extending from the house wall.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales
- 1962
- Object number
- 2015.129.21
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of James Karales
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4738pixels × 2743pixels
- Place captured
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Children
- Civil Rights
- Domestic life
- Families
- Fatherhood
- Photography
- Play
- Recreation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.129.21
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58146b3c1-0075-40e6-a6fe-29dac5460f17
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