Photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. in casket surrounded by family members
date: label: Date
content: April 8, 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Associated Press, American, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Martin Luther King III, American, born 1957
label: Subject of
content: Yolanda King, American, 1955 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Bernice Albertine King, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Dexter Scott King, American, 1961 - 2024
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of the King family viewing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s body and casket. Mrs. King is standing on the far right and is wearing a dark colored jacket, hat and gloves. Her children, Yolanda, Bernice, Martin III and Dexter are also standing in front of the casket. All of the children except for Bernice are looking into the casket at their father. [AX1) ATLANTA, APRIL 8--KING FAMILY SEES FATHER--Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, is accompanied by her children Yolanda, Bernice, Martin III, and Dexter at Sisters Chapel on the campus of Spellman College in At- / lanta Sunday. The man at center is unidentified. The King family joined / thousands of mourners who filed by the casket of the civil rights lead- / er. Mrs. King goes to Memphis today to lead a march of striking sanitation- / ion workers along Beale Street. (AP WIREPHOTO) (CK12250jrt-stf) 1968]. The back of the photograph is marked with a stamp [APR 9-1968] and an inscription that reads [Martin Luther King, Jr. / Death]. The word [funeral] is written in blue ink above the word "death."
place: label: Place captured
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.42.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © AP Images
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): 7 5/16 × 9 13/16 in. (18.6 × 24.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (19.4 × 25.9 cm)