Museum object · gelatin silver prints
SCLC pallbearers stand over casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at Morehouse College on April 12, 1968, Atlanta, GA
April 12, 1968
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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.
In the foreground of this black-and-white photograph is Dr. King's coffin. Behind it stands a line of men holding hands.
- Catalog date
- April 12, 1968
- Recorded places
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969; Violence
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.16.3
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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