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 group of young men are gathered together in the Naumburg Bandshell while listening to the speakers and performers paying their respect to the late Dr. King. A protest poster is hanging above them that reads, "Let Us Protest in Peace for the Man Who Stood for Peace." 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_I047-0007

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