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

African American Museum

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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

Date

1965

Object number

2015.129.77

Restrictions & Rights

© Estate of James Karales
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

digital images
digital media - born analog

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 3128 pixels × 4767 pixels
File size: 14.27 MB

Place captured

Highway 80, Alabama, 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

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Data Source

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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50cac14fb-5371-4279-ac3a-12d4eaa59617

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.129.77

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