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Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Constantine Manos
Photograph
1955-56
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Charles Alston
Sculpture
1970
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stefan Martin
Print
1968
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Charles Arthur Wells
Sculpture
1970
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Joseph Stein
Sculpture
1969
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum of African Art; gift of Lester F. Avnet, 1969
Dr. Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King

Nel Laughon
Silhouette
n.d.a.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the family of Helen & Nel Laughon. The Laughon Collection care and digitization project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Dr. Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King

Nel Laughon
Silhouette
n.d.a.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the family of Helen & Nel Laughon. The Laughon Collection care and digitization project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Jack Lewis Hiller
Photograph
1960
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jack Lewis Hiller
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mountain Top

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mountain Top

Romare Bearden
Print
1968
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ben Shahn
Drawing
1965?
Owner: Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peter Gee
Print
1968
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Rosemary L. Frankeberger

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Irving Watts
Painting
1986
Owner: Colorado State Capitol

I Had A Dream

Edward Biberman
Painting
1968
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Vickrey
Painting
1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yousuf Karsh
Photograph
1962
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral, Atlanta, Georgia

Harry Benson
Photograph
1968
Owner: Harry Benson Ltd.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ernst Haas
Photograph
April 11, 1963
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Martin Luther King, Jr. (with Floyd McKissick)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (with Floyd McKissick)

Charmian Reading
Photograph
1966 (printed 1991)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Joe Hurwitz
Sculpture
2006
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nancy Philo
Print
c. 1968
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
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

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sara S. Miller
Sculpture
1994
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Martin Luther King

Charles Alston
Sculpture
1970
Owner: National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

Vision of Burmingham

William H. Clarke
Painting
2005

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