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Dr. Martin Luther King's children view his body lying in state, Sister's Chapel, Spellman College, Atlanta, April 6, 1968 (from "Countdown to Eternity")

Artist Benedict J. Fernandez (American, born 1936)
Copy Right Holder The Artist
Maker/Publisher Eastman Kodak Company (American, active from 19th century)
Date1967-68
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 13 15/16 x 11 in. (35.4 x 28 cm)
image: 12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (31.1 x 20.7 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineGift of Leslie A. and Michael S. Engl, Class of 1966
Terms
  • Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • casket
  • children
Object number90.4.7
DescriptionPictured are Yolanda, Berenice, and Martin Luther King, III. Not pictured is Dexter Scott King.
Edition19/50
Inscribedl.l. in pencil: 19/50; l.r. in pencil: Benedict J Fernandez
On View
Not on view
Teaching events
Cheryl Shanks, PSCI 423, f21