- Collection:
- Wisconsin Historical Images
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. vigil
- Date of Original:
- 1968
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
African American civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.)
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.)
Public worship--Washington (D.C.) - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial
- Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the entrance to the United States Capitol where the group held a vigil in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after his assasination. Thirty-five of the NWRO leaders and three ministers were arrested for "assembling to sing and pray".
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:
- http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=34422
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- George A. Wiley papers, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
