Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daddy King, Ebenezer Baptist Church

Source catalog description

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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 front of him, resting his hands on either side of the podium. Reverend King stands on the right, looking at papers he is holding in his hand. A choir sits behind in stadium seating wearing white choir robes.

Catalog date

1962

Recorded places

1530 6th Ave N, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Baptist; Civil Rights; Communication; Fatherhood; Funeral customs and rites; Gospel (Music); Photography

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