- Collection:
- Indianapolis recorder
- Title:
- King Mourners Hear the News by Transitor Radio
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-13
- Subject:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
Radio--Receivers and reception
Radio audiences--Indiana--Indianapolis
Civil rights--Indiana--Indianapolis
African American civil rights workers--United States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- People learned of the death of Martin Luther King in various ways, most commonly by radio and television. In Indianapolis many people attending a campaign speech by presidential candidate Robert Kennedy were surprised when he announced King's assassination.
- Metadata URL:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/382
- IIIF manifest:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/iiif/2/p0303:382/manifest.json
- Original Collection:
- Indianapolis Recorder Collection, P 0303, Indiana Historical Society
- Contributing Institution:
- Indiana Historical Society
- Rights:
-
King Mourners Hear the News by Transitor Radio
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