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Dr. Martin Luther King just before speaking at the funeral for girls killed at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
Dr. Martin Luther King just before speaking at the funeral for girls killed at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham

Dr. Martin Luther King just before speaking at the funeral for girls killed at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham

Portfolio TitleCivil Rights, 1962-1964
Artist Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)
Date1963; printed 2002-2008
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/4 x 9 inches (33.66 x 22.86 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.12.20
SignedOn sheet verso, bottom edge, in pencil: "Danny Lyon"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, red stamp and pencil: "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 62-64 / Picture Date / 02-08 / Print Date"
Edition/State/ProofA.P.
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DescriptionPortrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Copyright© Danny Lyon
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