Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Civil Rights Leaders on Highway 80, Selma to Montgomery March

Object Details

Photograph by: James H. Karales, American, 1930 - 2002
Created by: Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging, LLC, American
Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006; Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932; John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020; Reverend James Orange, American, 1942 - 2008; Unidentified Man or Men

Description: A black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, John Lewis, Reverend James Orange and additional Civil Rights activists leading the march. Andrew Young stands on the far left wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. Orange, next to Young on his left, is wearing jean shirt and pants. The man beside him is wearing a suit and tie and holds his jacket over his arm. Dr. King is featured mid-stride in the center of the image wearing a Gatsby hat, t-shirt button-up shirt and dark pants. Mrs. King stands to his right wearing a skirt suit, pearl necklaces, and sunglasses. Next to Mrs. King stands a man wearing a jean jacket and jean pants. Only Lewis's face can be seen above his right shoulder. The following man is wearing a button up shirt and jeans. Second to right is a man with three cameras around his neck. The man furthest on the right is wearing a jacket and tie. Men and women can be seen behind the front row of marchers. An American flag is flying above the group.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales

1965

Restrictions & Rights: © Estate of James Karales; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place captured: Highway 80, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images
Movement: Selma to Montgomery Marches

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Civil Rights; Communities; Freedom; Photography; Race relations; Resistance; U.S. History, 1961-1969

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50cac14fb-5371-4279-ac3a-12d4eaa59617