- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-15
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Winter--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Tombs and sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
Massell, Sam, 1927-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Tomb
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 Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell (center, foreground) and other unidentified individuals at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the King Center on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, during a celebration of the civil rights leader's 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 101.468.022
ahc101468022.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1704
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1704/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:
-
