<I>King Returns to Memphis</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 3, 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Associated Press, American, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Bernard Scott Lee, American, 1935 - 1991
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Andrew Young, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and Rev. Bernard Lee deplaning in Memphis, Tennessee. All four men are wearing suits. Young and Lee and carrying coats in their left and right arms, respectively. A portion of the plane and its stairs are visible behind them. The caption under the photograph reads [(MX1) MEMPH IS, TENN., APRIL 3--KING RETURNS TO MEMPHIS--Dr. Martin Luther / King, second from right, deplanes at Memphis today to being organization / of another civil rights march soon. With King, are Southern Christian / Leadership Conference co-workers Rev. Andrew Young, left, Rev. Ralph / Abernathy, second left, and Rev. Bernard Lee, right. King left Memphis last / week after a march he led erupted into violence. (AP WIREPHOTO) / (CK41250ck-stf)1968]. The number [2478] is written in blue ink on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place captured
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2014.37.42.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Associated Press
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): 9 5/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23.7 × 17.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)