Print of Coretta Scott King leading a Mother's Day march for welfare rights

Object Details

Created by

United Press International, American, founded 1907

Subject of

Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006

Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Description

A print of a press photograph of Coretta Scott King leading the Mother's Day March for Welfare Rights, part of the kick-off to the Poor Peoples Campaign. King is pictured in the center of the image wearing a dark suit, large corsage, and dark glasses. She links arms with people next to her, including two women in light colored jackets and corsages to her proper right and a man holding a megaphone to her proper left. Directly behind her is a man in a clerical collar with a young girl on his shoulders. Behind her is a large crowd of men and women, with buildings visible in the background. To the right of the image is printed the caption [WAP -051213 5/12/68 WASHINGTON: Mrs. Martin Luther King (center, dark glasses) leads a Mother's Day March for welfare rights, here 5/12. The parade kicked off the Poor People's Campaign which will culminate in a mass march on Memorial day. Others are unidentified. UPI]. On the back of the print are inscriptions and a stamp from the Examiner Reference Library.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III

May 12, 1968

Object number

2011.17.142

Restrictions & Rights

© United Press International. Permission required for use.

Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

H x W (Image (Including type on right side)): 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (26 × 19.1 cm)

Place captured

Washington, District of Columbia, 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

African American - Latinx Solidarity

Poor People's Campaign

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Civil Rights

Motherhood

Photography

Poverty

Social reform

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.17.142

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53c57ace8-c4e6-4573-9e3d-a497fd98a073