<I>Martin Luther King, Jr. at podium, fundraiser at Boston Garden</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
label: Description
content: This black and white photographic print depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a podium. Shown in profile, he faces the wooden podium looking straight ahead. Two microphones are mounted on top of the podium, one at each side. He wears a light grey pin stripe suit and dark tie. The background of the photograph is dark. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 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
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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: Portfolio/Series
content: At Boston Garden
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: 2015.245.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
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): 10 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (27.1 × 33.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)