Created by:

Bernard Kleina, American  Search this

Subject of:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

Albert Raby, American, 1933 - 1988  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in. (21.7 x 15.9 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Type:

portraits

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

City Hall, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

July 24, 1965; printed 2012

Description:

A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr speaking into multiple microphones and gripping a podium with both hands. He is wearing a white shirt, black tie, and black suit. In the foreground Albert Raby, also dressed in a black suit, is standing at the left of the frame in profile to the viewer. He is gripping a microphone in his right hand.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Oratory  Search this

Photography  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina

Object number:

2013.140.13

Restrictions & Rights:

© Bernard J. Kleina

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Chicago Freedom Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cb770fa8-9a1c-48db-847d-6127deadde17

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.140.13