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Martin Luther King, Jr.

John Woodrow Wilson
Drawing
1981
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bob Adelman
Photograph
1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Study for a Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Waldemar Swierzy
Painting
1990
Owner: Historic New Orleans Collection
Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King

Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King

Benedict J. Fernandez
Photograph
1967 (printed 1989)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Eastman Kodak Professional Photography Division, the Engl Trust, and Benedict J. Fernandez

Martin Luther King, Jr.

John Woodrow Wilson
Sculpture
1982

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tim Crawley
Sculpture
c. 1998
Owner: Westminster Abbey
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Donald Delue
Sculpture
1976
Owner: Ulrich Museum of Art

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

George Mandus
Painting
1974
Owner: Georgia Capitol Museum

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Abram Belskie
Medal
1969?
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

MARTIN

Samuel Benson
Painting
c. 1985
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stefan Martin
Print
1968
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mary Hanes Holbeck
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Benedict J. Fernandez
Photograph
1967 (printed 1989)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Eastman Kodak Professional Photography Division, the Engl Trust, and Benedict J. Fernandez
LBJ - President Signs Civil Rights Bill

LBJ - President Signs Civil Rights Bill

George Tames
Photograph
1964
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances O. Tames
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ernest C. Withers
Photograph
1956 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Dr. Ernest C. Withers, Sr. courtesy of the Withers Family Trust www.witherscollection.org
Martin Luther King, Jr., wife Coretta Scott King, and their daughter Yolanda

Martin Luther King, Jr., wife Coretta Scott King, and their daughter Yolanda

Dan Weiner
Photograph
1956
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Sandra Weiner
Signs

Signs

Robert Rauschenberg
Print
1970
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Leaders and Revolutionaries

Leaders and Revolutionaries

Robert Rauschenberg
Collage
1998
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Lincoln Memorial Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963

Document
August 28, 1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family

Lincoln Memorial Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963

Document
August 28, 1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family

Lincoln Memorial Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963

Document
August 28, 1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family

Introduction to “We Shall Overcome” portfolio

Louis Lo Monaco
Document
August 28, 1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family
Martin Luther King Marching for Voting Rights with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy, Selma, 1965

Martin Luther King Marching for Voting Rights with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy, Selma, 1965

Steve Schapiro
Photograph
1965 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Albany, Georgia

Photograph
July 28, 1962
Owner: D.C. Public Library
Martin Luther King Jr. at Chicago Press Conference, January 1966

Martin Luther King Jr. at Chicago Press Conference, January 1966

Jack Mulcahy
Photograph
1966
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Ann M. Shumard in memory of Sylvanus Tucker

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