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- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- James Orange and others behind the cart carrying Martin Luther King, Jr.'s casket during the funeral procession.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-09
- Subject:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial
African Americans
Civil rights workers
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Atlanta (Ga.) - People:
- Orange, James Edward, 1942-2008
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Ebenezer Baptist Church is in the background, and the sign for the J. H. Robinson Launderette is visible beside it. The funeral was covered in the issue of The Southern Courier for April 13-14, 1968, which is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No15_1968_04_13.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/5332
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:5332/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James
Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection
LPP106, Box 1, Binder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights: