Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...
Two people on the side of the stage are holding signs, one of which seems to read, "MDA Welcomes Dr. King." Other images taken this day were later used in the photo spread "The Men Meet Their People, " which appeared on pages 2 and 3 of The...
He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn, and Floyd McKissick, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy are standing around him. A Mississippi Highway Patrol officer is standing in the foreground. The march began on June 5 in...
Young's back is to the camera, and photographers are taking pictures from a truck on the left. The photograph faces east down Auburn Avenue; Ebenezer Baptist Church is in the background.
Young's back is to the camera, and photographers are taking pictures from a truck on the left. The photograph faces east down Auburn Avenue; Ebenezer Baptist Church is in the background.
This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "Dr. King Sweeps Through the Black Belt," which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for December 11-12, 1965. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website):...