- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Benefit Concert
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-15
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Actors
Comedians
African Americans--1970-1980
Female impersonators
Concerts--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Clothing and dress
Cosmetics
Massell, Sam, 1927-
Wilson, Flip
Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Ga.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell (left) and actor and comedian Flip Wilson (right) performing as Geraldine at a concert benefiting the King Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 101.469.025
ahc101469025.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1714
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1714/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:
-
