- Collection:
- Joe McTyre Photograph Collection, 1889-1985, undated
- Title:
- Selassie, Haile
- Creator:
- Mctyre, Joe
- Publisher:
- Joe McTyre Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1969-07-10
- Subject:
- Memorial rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Emperors--Ethiopia
Africans
African Americans--1960-1970
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Photographers--Georgia--Atlanta
Photographers--Georgia--Atlanta
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie placing a wreath on Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb 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 106.16.01
ahc106016001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/McTyre/id/13
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
