SCLC pallbearers stand over casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at Morehouse College on April 12, 1968, Atlanta, GA
- Photograph by
- Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- April 12, 1968
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm)
- Description
- In the foreground of this black-and-white photograph is Dr. King's coffin. Behind it stands a line of men holding hands.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Decaneas, Decaneas Archive, and Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Object number
- 2011.16.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.