Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Rev Ralph Abernathy embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks on left, SCLC Convention, Memphis, TN
July 1968
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Rosa Parks shakes hands and receives a kiss from Rev. Joseph Abernathy while surrounded by onlookers.
- Catalog date
- July 1968
- Recorded places
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2009.16.20
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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