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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Addressing a Rally, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

1963

1530 6th Ave N, 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 of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church to a full audience. The image is taken from behind King, showing the audience surrounding him from all sides, including the stage and balcony. King stands at the center holding the edges of the podium wearing a dark suit.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.33

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