Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968
- Photograph by
- Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- April 8, 1968
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph depicting a memorial march after the assassination of Dr. King. People march from top right to bottom left carrying signs saying "HONOR KING: END RACISM" and "UNION JUSTICE NOW!"
- Place depicted
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- 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
- 2011.16.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.