Dr. Benjamin Spock, Memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Black and white photograph of Dr. Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and political activist, at the memorial rally that took place in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York City's Central Park. In the photograph, Dr. Spock is standing on stage at the Naumburg Bandshell, an outdoor concert venue sitting along the Central Park Mall area of the park, and the American flag can be seen hanging from the bandshell wall behind him. 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. Special Collections & University Archives

RHC-183_I046-0032

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