Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital print of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Chicago Freedom Movement rally
July 10, 1966; printed 2012
Soldier Field, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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.
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. He gazes downward at the podium. A hand holding a patterned umbrella, in focus, is visible at the left edge of the image. In the background, is a crowd of people, including a woman in a red shirt holding a black umbrella, and two men wearing glasses.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2013.140.2
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