The Last Night of the March (Dr. and Mrs. King)

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Object Details

Created by

Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003

Subject of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on the last night of the Selma to Montgomery march, which was called "Stars for Freedom" and featured artists such as Henry Belafonte Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., Peter, Paul, and Mary, Tony Bennett, and Nina Simone.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1965; printed 1995

Object number

2011.14.16

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 1/8 x 13 9/16 in. (23.2 x 34.5 cm)

H x W (Image and Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Place depicted

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

Civil Rights Movement

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Photography

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c1ce15b3-7373-4fd8-b311-0fcc4eca7102

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.14.16