- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Wreath Laying Ceremony at The King Center, circa 1984
- Date of Original:
- 1983/1985
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
Manners and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Joseph E. Lowery is shown laying a wreath in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at The King Center while Coretta Scott King and Dexter King watch. Written on verso: LAYING THE WREATH - Dr. Lowery places the SCLC wreath at the crypt of the organization's first President, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Behind Lowery is SCLC President Emeritus Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy. Looking on are members of the King family, Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Dexter King.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03608
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu With the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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