Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Addressing a Rally, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
1963
1530 6th Ave N, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 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. speaking at a pulpit at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. King is featured in the center of the image with his arms outstretched wearing a dark suit and tie. The congregation, including Dr. Ralph Abernathy, are seen in the background. The picture is taken from a low angle pointed upward.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.32
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