Martin Luther King, Jr. Funeral: King Family and Friends

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.

A black-and-white photograph of a group of family and friends of Martin Luther King, Jr. holding hands at his funeral services in Memphis.

Catalog date

1968; printed 2012

Recorded places

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America; Wilson, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Funeral customs and rites; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969

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