Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is stopped by police at Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson, MS
June 1963
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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.
This black-and-white photograph depicts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His face is framed by the head and shoulders of two men in the foreground.
- Catalog date
- June 1963
- Recorded places
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Hate crimes; Photography
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2009.16.8
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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