Object Details
Created by
Bernard Kleina, American
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Albert Raby, American, 1933 - 1988
Description
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr speaking into multiple microphones and gripping a podium with both hands. He is wearing a white shirt, black tie, and black suit. In the foreground Albert Raby, also dressed in a black suit, is standing at the left of the frame in profile to the viewer. He is gripping a microphone in his right hand.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
Date
July 24, 1965; printed 2012
Object number
2013.140.13
Restrictions & Rights
© Bernard J. Kleina
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
portraits
inkjet prints
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in. (21.7 x 15.9 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Place depicted
City Hall, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Chicago Freedom Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Civil Rights
Oratory
Photography
Race discrimination
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.140.13