<I>Ticker Tape Announcing the Shooting of Martin Luther King Jr.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the ticker tape announcing the shooting of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by Platon. The ticker tape is centered against a black background. Small, centered, printed black text reads [– – – REPEATING BY REQUEST – – – / UPI-201 / (KING) / MEMPHIS, TENN – – DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS SHOT OUTSIDE / A MEMPHIS HOTEL THIS AFTERNOON. HIS CONDITION WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY / KNOWN. / 4/4– –TS714PES / END REPEAT / UPI-204 / ADD 1 KING, MEMPHIS (UPI- / UPI-204 / ADD 2 KING, MEMPHIS / DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., WAS / SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED LATE TODAY AS HE SAT IN A CAR IN FRONT / OF A DOWNTOWN HOTEL. / 4/4– –TS735PES]. The top left corner of the ticker tape appears to be slightly crumpled. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.22
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 15 15/16 × 21 7/16 in. (40.5 × 54.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)