Panel used at Resurrection City, part of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
date: label: date made
content: 1968
label: associated date
content: 1968 05
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: King, Jr., Martin Luther
label: associated
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference
notes: label: Description
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, transformed the civil rights leader into an icon of the struggle to fulfill the American promise of equality for all. This panel is from the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, a demonstration in Washington, D.C., which King helped to organize but did not live to see.
topic: label: classified
content: Reform Movements
label: related event
content: Resurrection City
label: related event
content: Poor People's Campaign
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content: Political History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0036.03
label: accession number
content: 2011.0036
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0036.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: varnish (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (image material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 1/2 in x 40 in x 1/2 in; 219.71 cm x 101.6 cm x 1.27 cm