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Arts & Performance

Dr. Charles Smith

1940–

Dr. Charles Smith (born 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a visual artist, historian, activist and minister who lives and works in Hammond, Louisiana. His sculptural work focuses on African and African American history.

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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Cornel West

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts Dr. Cornel West, seated wearing a three-piece suit. left hand on knee, he turns to his left and gazes upwards at a partially visible figure. He is wearing glasses and a beard. Seated next to him is a woman with long…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.43
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Dr. H. Jack Geiger Oral History Interview

March 16, 2013

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The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.76.1a, 2011.174.76.1b, 2011.174.76.1c, 2011.174.76.1d, 2011.174.76.1e, 2011.174.76.1f, 2011.174.76.1g, and 2011.174.76.1h, 2011.174.76.1i, and 2011.174.76.1j. Dr. Jack Geiger, (MD, MSciHyg) discusses…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.76.1a-j
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. King Addressing the Crowd, Gaston Motel

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. standing on a balcony at the Gaston Motel speaking to a crowd. King stands at the balcony on the second floor of the motel wearing a dark suit and tie with his right arm outstretched. The crowd…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.19
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gelatin silver prints

Dr. King Delivering His Speech

1965; printed 1995

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A black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King. Jr. delivering a speech in Montgomery, Alabama.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Addressing a Rally, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

1963

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a pulpit at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. King is featured in the center of the image with his arms outstretched wearing a dark suit and tie. The congregation, including Dr.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.32
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Addressing a Rally, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

1963

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church to a full audience. The image is taken from behind King, showing the audience surrounding him from all sides, including the stage and balcony.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.33
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Addressing a Rally, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

1963

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The portrait features King in the middle of a speech at the pulpit, with his mouth open and arm outstretched. King is wearing a dark suit and tie and has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.34
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digital images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daddy King, Ebenezer Baptist Church

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. standing at a pulpit in a church. Dr. King and Reverend King are both wearing black clergy robes. Dr. King stands behind the pulpit with an open book in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dexter Scott King

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his son, Dexter Scott King. Dr. King, wearing a white shirt and dark tie, holds his son over his head with both arms. Dexter Scott King is pictured looking at the camera with his left arm…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.22
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Martin Luther King III

1962

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Black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his son Martin Luther King III. Dr. King, wearing a white shirt, black pants and a patterned tie, holds his young son over his head with both arms. Martin Luther King III, held in the air, bends…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.21
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Civil Rights Leaders on Highway 80, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, John Lewis, Reverend James Orange and additional Civil Rights activists leading the march. Andrew Young stands on the far left wearing a white t-shirt and jeans.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.77
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Yolanda King

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his daughter Yolanda at the kitchen table in discussion. Dr. King is seated and shown in mid-speech with one arm folded over himself and the other gesturing in the air. Yolanda is featured…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.24
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April 3, 1968

ca. 2018

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This is a black-and-white poster with an illustrated image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. next to a quote from his final speech, delivered in Memphis on April 3, 1968. The poster is a square piece of off-white paper filled from margin to margin with large…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.11.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baltimore, MD

October 31, 1964; printed 1998

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A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by the photographer Leonard Freed taken October 31, 1964 in Baltimore, MD. He is seated in the back seat of an open car and is greeted by supporters on the street crowding to shake his hand. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.10.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham Airport

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. walking through a terminal at Birmingham Airport with Reverend Ralph Abernathy following behind. King is central in the image, featured mid-stride, wearing a dark suit and tie. In one arm he…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.26
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Conferring with Wyatt "Tee" Walker

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker in discussion on a sidewalk in front of a large building. On the left of the image, Walker is facing King, with his back toward the viewer. King is facing Walker and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.30
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Record Albums

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Funeral Services

1968

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A long playing record titled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral Services. The album is a recording of MLK's funeral services held on April 9, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The album also includes famous speeches by Dr. Martin Luther…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.37ab
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Record Albums

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His Greatest Speeches

1960s

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A 45 rpm LP record album titled "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His Greatest Speeches" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Side one has "I Have A Dream" August 24, 1963 on it and side 2 has "I've been to the Mountain" April 3, 1968.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.88.17
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Discussion with His Attacker, SCLC Convention

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a discussion with Roy James surrounded by men and women. King and James are seated in the center of the image with a circle of standing people surrounding them. King is wearing a dark suit…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Discussion with Police after Assault, SCLC Convention

1962

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy in discussion with a Birmingham police officer. King sits in an armchair, against a cement-brick wall, wearing a dark suit and tie. His hands are clasped in his lap…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.15
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Record Albums

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Malcolm X: The Second American Revolution - His Way Or His Way

1960s

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Long-playing record and album cover featuring two (2) black and white photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in the lower half of the front cover. King is on the left and Malcolm X is on the right. Above the images is black text [G.R. RECORDS…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.15ab
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