Showing posts with label Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. Show all posts
Sunday, December 18, 2016
The famous letter the FBI sent to MLK (trying to push him to suicide)
The letter was deliberately scattered with bad grammar and typos. It is believed to have been composed an mailed to King by William Sullivan with J.Edgar Hoover's specific approval.
Monday, January 18, 2016
ATIT Reheated, from 2012: Images of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Jack Brummet, History Editor
If you run a search on Martin Luther King, Jr. images, you come up with millions of hits. Of these, there is a core group of about fifty or so that are ubiquitous. Here are some of our favorite photos of MLK, along with some of the many hundreds of postage stamps created in his honor; a couple of shots of the MLK memorial in Washington, D.C.; and a short video on the National Archives holdings of MLK photographs.
Two uneasy partners: Martin with his frenemy; President Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Some selected MLK postage stamps:
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Photos of the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C.:
A background video on the photographs of MLK, Jr in The National Archives:
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Two uneasy partners: Martin with his frenemy; President Lyndon Baines Johnson
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One more shot of LBJ/MLK
I have never been able to find out more about this photo. I don't
really know if Martin knew his way around a pool table or not...
What if?
Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez, Ira Sandperl, and MLK. This shot was taken at a 1964 free speech event.
Bayard Rustin with Martin
MLK with Coretta
The "I Have A Dream" Speech
Speech in Washington, 1963
MLK with Malcolm X
Some selected MLK postage stamps:
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Photos of the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C.:
A background video on the photographs of MLK, Jr in The National Archives:
All This Is That contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make these materials available to advance the understanding of political, economic, literary, artistic, and social issues. In some cases we satirize, parody, or lampoon materials from other sources. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of copyrighted material as provided for by section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit for research, educational, and entertainment purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', please read and follow our Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license and attribute the work to All This Is That, along with our URL (http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com).
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Images of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Jack Brummet, History Editor
If you run a Google/Bing/Yahoo search on Martin Luther King, Jr. images you come up with millions of hits. Of these, there is a core group of about fifty or so that are ubiquitous. Here are some of our favorite photos of MLK, along with some of the many hundreds of postage stamps created in his honor; a couple of shots of the MLK memorial in Washington, D.C.; and a short video on the National Archives holdings of MLK photographs.
Two uneasy partners: Martin with his frenemy; President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Some selected MLK postage stamps:
Photos of the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C.:
A background video on the photographs of MLK, Jr in The National Archives:
All This Is That contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make these materials available to advance the understanding of political, economic, literary, artistic, and social issues. In some cases we satirize, parody, or lampoon materials from other sources. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of copyrighted material as provided for by section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit for research, educational, and entertainment purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', please read and follow our Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license and attribute the work to All This Is That, along with our URL (http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com).
Click images to zoom/enlarge
Two uneasy partners: Martin with his frenemy; President Lyndon Baines Johnson
One more shot of LBJ/MLK
I have never been able to find out more about this photo. I don't
really know if Martin knew his way around a pool table or not...
What if?
Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez, Ira Sandperl, and MLK. This shot was taken at a 1964 free speech event.
Bayard Rustin with Martin
MLK with Coretta
The "I Have A Dream" Speech
Speech in Washington, 1963
MLK with Malcolm X
Some selected MLK postage stamps:
Photos of the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C.:
A background video on the photographs of MLK, Jr in The National Archives:
All This Is That contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make these materials available to advance the understanding of political, economic, literary, artistic, and social issues. In some cases we satirize, parody, or lampoon materials from other sources. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of copyrighted material as provided for by section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit for research, educational, and entertainment purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', please read and follow our Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license and attribute the work to All This Is That, along with our URL (http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com).
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