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Digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech

African American Museum

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Object Details

Photograph by

Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999

Subject of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Description

A digital color image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech.
King is depicted close up, in profile. He holds his proper right hand in front of his face, both of which are bathed in light while the rest of the photograph who blends into the black background.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick

Date

ca. 1963

Object number

2016.157.67

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian Institution
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 3799 pixels × 2904 pixels
File size: 31.59 MB

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

Collection title

Stanley Tretick Photography Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Activism
Civil Rights
Local and regional
Photography

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f61e68f8-81ed-4e05-acb9-1cc4c87cf5c7

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.157.67

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