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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

SCLC Convention

1962

Birmingham, West Midlands County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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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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