Showing posts with label Martin Luther King Jr.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Luther King Jr.. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2013

Dr. Martin Luther King and Edward B Footmon.Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin Luther King and Edward B Footmon Civil Rights March on Washington. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking, as Edward B Footmon looks on 08/28/1963.

National Archives Identifier: 542069 Local Identifier: 306-SSM-4D-107-16 Creator(s): U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs, compiled 1961 - 1974. Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003.

Level of Description: Item. Type(s) of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials. This item was produced or created: 08/28/1963. The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1961 - 1974,

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted. Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted

Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s): Scherman, Rowland, Photographer

Variant Control Numbers ARC Identifier: 542069 NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-306-SSM-4D(107)16

Archived Copies Copy 1: Preservation Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park. 8601 Adelphi Road. College Park, MD 20740-6001. Phone: 301-837-0561. Fax: 301-837-3621. Email: stillpix@nara.gov Copy 1 Media Information: Specific Media Type: Negative

Martin Luther King and Edward B Footmon.Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Edward B Footmon and Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. National Archives Identifier: 542068. Local Identifier: 306-SSM-4D-107-8. ARC Identifier: 542068. NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-306-SSM-4D(107)8

Edward B Footmon and Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.




Thursday, April 04, 2013

Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee

Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was assissinated during the Civil Rights Movement on April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee

Title: Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee. Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer. Date Created / Published: 2006 April 17. Medium: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-04695 (original digital file)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 04695 (ONLINE) [P and P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print.

Notes: Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was assissinated during the Civil Rights Movement on April 4, 1968. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee


Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee

Subjects: United States--Tennessee--Memphis. Lorraine. Motels. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination. America.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Riot damage in Washington D.C. following assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images.  Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title: Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]. Creator(s): Leffler, Warren K., photographer. Date Created / Published: 1968 Apr. 16. Medium: 1 negative : film.

Summary: Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-00840 (digital file from original) LC-DIG-ppmsca-03132 (digital file from original)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: LC-U9- 18989-7A [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 18989, frame 7A.

Subjects: African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Race riots--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Ruins--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Debris--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.

Format: Film negatives--1960-1970. Collections: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand.


Friday, January 13, 2012

'Don't work' sign promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King

Title: ["Don't work" sign promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., on a shop on H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

Creator(s): Trikosko, Marion S., photographer. Date Created / Published: 1969 Apr. 3. Medium: 1 negative : film. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-03197 (digital file from original)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: LC-U9- 20851-6A c-P&P. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: Title devised by Library staff. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 20851, frame 6A.

Subjects: King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Commemoration. African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Signs (Notices)--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Format: Film negatives--1960-1970.

Collections: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. On June 10, 1968, James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee state penitentiary. He died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70.

sign promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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TEXT RESOURCE: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. From Wikipedia,

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

NORTH FRONT, OBLIQUE VIEW, FROM THE NORTHEAST - Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Title: NORTH FRONT, OBLIQUE VIEW, FROM THE NORTHEAST - Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Medium: 4 x 5 in. Reproduction Number: HABS GA,61-ATLA,48--12 (CT)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)

This file is a work of a Department of the Interior employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the file is in the public domain.

Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Call Number: HABS GA,61-ATLA,48--12 (CT) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Collections: Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey.

Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C. 20240. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

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STYLE (IF APPROPRIATE) Queen Anne, MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDESTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS) ijrame with clapboarding; shingles in gables

SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURE (SKETCHED FLOOR PLANS ON SEPARATE PAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE) Irregular shape, 4-bay front first story, 3-bay front second story; hipped roof with secon/dary gables; porch with shed roof on front and one side.

EXTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE, Porch has turned posts and scroll-saw brackets. INTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE (DESCRIBE FLOOR PLANS, IF NOT SKETCHED) Irregular plan. MAJOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH DATES Restoration begun 1974. PRESENT CONDITION AND USE Condition in 1980 was good. Open to public as a historic house museum.

OTHER INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION (INCLUDING LISTING ON NATIONAL REGISTER, STATE REGISTERS, ETC.)
Linley, John. The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey. 1982. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. COMPILER, AFFILIATION Druscilla J. Null, HABS.

ADDENDUM TO HABS No. GA-1171 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BIRTH HOME Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site 501 Auburn Avenue 6n(Atlanta &l-ATI A Fulton County . ""^ Georgia.

This report in PDF FORMAT Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home