Description

View of (l-r) unidentified man, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King during a banquet at the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights leader, and a Baptist minister. He received the Nobel Peace Price for his efforts to end racial discrimination by non violent means in 1964. King was assassinated in 1968 and is entombed at the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia