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. His gaze is directed downward at the podium. Behind him, out of focus, is a crowd of seated people, including a standing white man with dark glasses. At the upper left edge of the image, in focus, is part of a patterned umbrella.
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Catalog reference: 2013.140.4
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