Memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York

Black and white photograph of the memorial rally that took place in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York City's Central Park. In the photograph, a large crowd of people are gathered together in the park to pay their respect to the late Dr. King, to protest his assassination, and to keep his message alive. The photographs taken by Douglas Gilbert on this historic day document New York's reaction to the news of Dr. King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on the previous day. Scanned from the negative.

1960s

1968-04-05

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

RHC-183_I046-0023

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