Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is stopped by police at Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson, MS

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Object Details

Created by
Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Unidentified Man or Men
Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963
Description
This black-and-white photograph depicts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His face is framed by the head and shoulders of two men in the foreground.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
June 1963
Object number
2009.16.8
Restrictions & Rights
© Ernest C. Withers Trust
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Place depicted
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, 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
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Civil Rights
Hate crimes
Photography
Record ID
nmaahc_2009.16.8
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4cde6da-fa02-4c75-b74d-9d231479761b
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