Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of the King family at Martin Luther King Jr.'s reinternment
January 15, 1970
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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.
This gelatiin silver print depicts a black and white image of the family of Martin Luther King, Jr. at his new grave site at Ebenezer Baptist Church. His father, Martin Luther King, Sr. and mother Alberta are standing on the left. Coretta Scott King is standing on the right with son, Martin Luther King III and daughter, Bernice. A crowd of people stand behind them, several holding umberellas. The caption above the photograph reads [AJP011505-1/15/70-ATLANTA, GA: The widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King / Jr. (r) along with other family members are shown at the new grave site at the Ebenezer / Baptist Church whwere Dr. King was co-pastor with his father. Martin Luther King Sr. / and his Wife are picture left center. Son Martin Lutehr King III stands at his mothers / side. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO tm/tm]. There are no inscriptions on the back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.42.6
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