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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1976-01-15
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Sidewalks--Georgia--Atlanta
Utility poles
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Dexter, 1961-
King, Martin Luther, 1957- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of (left to right) Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Coretta Scott King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Dexter King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the observance of the slain civil rights leader's 47th birthday, 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 101.472.045
ahc101472045.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1777
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1777/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: