Dr. King's children view his body lying in state, Sister's Chapel, Spellman College, Atlanta. Pictured are Yolanda, Berenice, and Martin Luther King III. Not pictured is Dexter Scott King

Dr. King's children view his body lying in state, Sister's Chapel, Spellman College, Atlanta. Pictured are Yolanda, Berenice, and Martin Luther King III. Not pictured is Dexter Scott King

Photograph

Benedict J. Fernandez

Maker
American, 1936–2021

Eastman Kodak Company

American, estab. 1892

Dr. King's children view his body lying in state, Sister's Chapel, Spellman College, Atlanta. Pictured are Yolanda, Berenice, and Martin Luther King III. Not pictured is Dexter Scott King

April 6, 1968
Gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1989
31.1 x 20.7 cm.
Gift of the photographer
1991.3005.0006
Inscriptions recto-(in ink, below image) "6/50"
(signed) "Benedict J. Fernandez"

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