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 giving a speech while standing on stage at the Naumburg Bandshell along the Central Park Mall area of the park, and a group of young men are seen standing behind him onstage in front of the large crowd. 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_I048-0041

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