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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Martin Luther King III

1962

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his son Martin Luther King III. Dr. King, wearing a white shirt, black pants and a patterned tie, holds his young son over his head with both arms. Martin Luther King III, held in the air, bends at his waist and rests his forehead against his father's forehead below him. He wears a light colored shirt, dark pants and white shoes. They stand in a grassy yard with a wooden clapboard house in the background. The house has two windows visible and peeling paint. There is a wooden lattice extending from the house wall.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.21

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