- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-15
- Subject:
- Families--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--United States
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Flower arrangements
King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974
King, Bernice A.
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Dexter, 1961-
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, 33.755509, -84.376596 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of commemorative services at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the King Center on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, on his birthday, with the following attendees: (foreground, left to right) the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (foreground, left); an unidentified boy; Congressman Andrew Young (behind young boy); Dexter King, the son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Bernice King (young girl), the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; an unidentified woman (behind Bernice King); Coretta Scott King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Dr. Benjamin Mays, a civil rights activist and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights leader, and a Baptist minister. He received the Nobel Peace Price for his efforts to end racial discrimination by non violent means in 1964. King was assassinated in 1968 and is entombed at the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.468.007
ahc101468007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1689
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1689/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
