<I>Crowd outside Lorraine Motel after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 2, 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a large crowd gathered outside the Lorraine Motel after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Microphones and speakers are set up on the crowded second story balcony. A few members of CBS News have set up on the roof.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Memphis, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.107.42
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernest C. Withers Trust
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 14 1/4 x 17 13/16 in. (36.2 x 45.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)