Martin Luther King Day : A Freedom March
WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : On Martin Luther King Day, portrait of a woman during the commemorative walk. Martin Luther King Day is an American federal holiday, observed since 1986 on the third Monday of January, around Martin Luther King Jr"u2019s birthday. He was a baptist minister and non-violent activist of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. Besides, he stood in movements struggling for peace and against poverty. Considered as one of the greatest American orator, his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, given on August 28th, 1963 in front of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is one of the most important speeches of the 20th century. In this speech, he invited the audience to put an end to racism, demanding civil rights and economic equality for African-Americans. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis. (Photo by Reza/Getty Images)
PURCHASE A LICENSE
How can I use this image?
kr 2,500.00
NOK
DETAILS
Restrictions:
Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses.
Credit:
Editorial #:
641985730
Collection:
Getty Images News
Date created:
January 14, 2017
Upload date:
License type:
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Getty Images North America
Object name:
01_700_17_1290782.jpg
Max file size:
2304 x 3456 px (7.68 x 11.52 in) - 300 dpi - 3 MB
- Washington DC,
- Activist,
- Adult,
- American Civil Rights Movement,
- Assassination,
- Black Civil Rights,
- Black History in the US,
- Color Image,
- Conflict,
- Holiday - Event,
- Human Rights,
- I Have a Dream - 1963 Speech,
- Martin Luther King Jr.,
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
- Politics and Government,
- Portrait,
- Public Speaker,
- Social Justice - Concept,
- Speech,
- USA,
- Violence,
- Walking,
- Women,