Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Selma to Montgomery March
March 21, 1965
Alabama, United States, North and Central America
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This black and white image depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing a long dark coat leading a crowd of people walking with linked arms. On his right is Reverend Ralph Abernathy, wearing a light colored jacket, and fur hat. One Dr. King's left arm is Dr. Ralph Bunche, in a long black coat, fedora, and sunglasses. On Rabbi Eisendrath's other arm is Rabbi Abraham Heschel, wearing a long dark coat. All four men have strings of flowers around their necks.
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Catalog reference: 2015.129.46
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