- Collection:
- Memphis civil rights photograph collection
- Title:
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at Freedom Rally, Memphis, TN
- Creator:
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
- Publisher:
- Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1959-07-31
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
African American clergy--Tennessee--Memphis
Political candidates--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis
Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis
Mass meetings--Tennessee--Memphis - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Sugarmon, Russell B., Jr.
Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010
Love, Roy
Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903- - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph from July 31, 1959 of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a Freedom Rally in Memphis, Tennessee. King stands in front of a microphone and podium. In the background is a banner with photographs of African American candidates in the city election. From left to right, Russell Sugarmon running for public works commissioner; Benjamin Hooks for a juvenile court judgeship; and Roy Love and Henry C. Banton for school board. The men made up the "Volunteer Ticket" and the meeting was a rally that drew 5,000 African Americans to hear King, Daisy Bates, and others. Mrs. Bates was leader of the Little Rock, Arkansas National Association for the Advancement of Colored People movement to integrate Central High School in 1957.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A1868
- Rights Holder:
- For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room
- Rights:
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