- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Hats--1970-1980
King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change - 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 the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (foreground) at the tomb of his son (not pictured) at the King Center on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, during a commemorative celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday.
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 101.468.009
ahc101468009.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1691
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1691/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:
-
