Dr. Martin Luther King is Confronted: Dr. King is stopped by police at Medgar Evers’ Funeral. Jackson, Mississippi, June, 1963

Ernest C. Withers, Published by Panopticon Press, Boston

1963; printed 1994

  • Titles Dr. Martin Luther King is Confronted: Dr. King is stopped by police at Medgar Evers' Funeral. Jackson, Mississippi, June, 1963 (Proper)@I Am A Man (Portfolio)
  • Artist Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 15 15/16 x 19 13/16 in. (40.5 x 50.3 cm) image: 14 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (37.8 x 47.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase, 2006.322.6
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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