Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dexter Scott King
1962
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.
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 resting on Dr. King's right shoulder. He wears a light colored shirt with plaid overalls. Dr. King is sitting in a chair against a window in the interior of their home.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.22
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