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Photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Photograph by:
Joseph Louw, South African, 1945 - 2004
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Subject of:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
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Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
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Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
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Marrell McCollough, American, born 1944
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941
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Unidentified Man or Men
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Unidentified Woman or Women
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Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 9 × 12 1/2 in. (22.7 × 31.6 cm)
H x W x D (Frame): 18 11/16 × 22 1/16 × 1 in. (47.5 × 56 × 2.5 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Date:
April 4, 1968
Topic:
African American
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Activism
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Civil Rights
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Hate crimes
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Photography
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Race discrimination
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U.S. History, 1961-1969
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Violence
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Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted by Jeffrey Coopersmith
Object number:
2017.73
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© The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ed06545b-8134-4793-a64e-36e7ba51bc97
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.73
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Abernathy, Ralph David
Jackson, Jesse
King, Martin Luther
Louw, Joseph
McCollough, Marrell
Young, Andrew Jackson
Abernathy, Ralph David
Jackson, Jesse
King, Martin Luther
Louw, Joseph
McCollough, Marrell
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Tennessee
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Memphis
North and Central America
Shelby County
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