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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Dr. Know

1958–

Gary Wayne Miller (born September 15, 1958), known as Dr. Know, is an American musician and guitarist for the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Bad Brains.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Dr. Konare and his family, Bamako, Mali

1968

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Cataloged as “Dr. Konare and his family, Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0363
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dr. Konare with his children, Bamako, Mali

1968

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Cataloged as “Dr. Konare with his children, Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0365
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Lonnie Smith, 1988

1988

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A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Dr. Lonnie Smith playing a Hammond B3 organ during a performance in Hialeah, FL. Smith is performing outdoors and is photographed from just behind his left side. He is seated at an organ and wears a white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.148
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Historical photographs & documents

Dr. M.A. Evans

undated

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Cataloged as “Dr. M.A. Evans” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2019.109_ref13
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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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MUSEUM OBJECT
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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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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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nipsy Russell, Tony Bennett, and Harry Belafonte Speaking with the Press, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nipsey Russell, Tony Bennett, and Harry Belafonte speaking with members of the press. Kings stands left of center, wearing a Gatsby hat, button-up t-shirt and dark pants. He is holding hands with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.78
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