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Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1962

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 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.

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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