Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
SCLC Convention
1962
Birmingham, West Midlands 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. and a man at the podium. The two men are on a stage with five chairs. King is seated on the left of the image with his right leg crossed over his left knee. He is wearing a dark suit, tie, and a light shirt. There is a badge on his left jacket lapel. The man on the right is standing in front of a silver microphone and leaning on a white podium with a sign in front [L. R. Hall/ AUDITORIUM]. The man is wearing a dark suit, with his wristwatch visible on his left hand, holding a cigarette. The cable connected to the microphone is piled on the stage in the center of the image.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.9
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