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

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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

Date

June 1963

Object number

2009.16.8

Restrictions & Rights

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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

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Hate crimes

Photography

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4cde6da-fa02-4c75-b74d-9d231479761b

Record ID

nmaahc_2009.16.8