- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Alberta Williams King funeral
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974-07-03
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Churches--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of mourners at the funeral of Alberta Williams King outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
Alberta Christine Williams King (1904-1974) was the choir director and organist at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the mother of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the wife of Rev. Martin Luther “Daddy” King, Sr. On June 30, 1974, she was assassinated while sitting at the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4128
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis photographs
MSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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