Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1962
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 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 black-and-white digital image portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy in front of a microphone. Abernathy, on left, is looking toward the left of the image. The microphone is in front of King, who is looking directly at the viewer. The rest of the background is dark.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.27
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