Mrs. Eunice Shriver (left) takes part in a reaffirmation of faith ceremony with Mrs. Coretta King (right). The candlelight ceremony for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was held at his graveside. Mrs. Shriver was in Atlanta attending a meeting of the National Association of Media Women.

Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was an American author, activist and Civil Rights leader. She was the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., and she helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and worked to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: manuscript title and Associated Press stamp.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Atlanta
• Christianity
• Civil Rights Movements
• Coretta Scott King
• Coretta Scott King
• Eunice Kennedy
• Female Portraits
• Graves
• Injustice
• Kennedy Family
• Martin Luther King Family
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• National Association of Media Women
• Racial Discrimination
• Religious Ceremonies
• Southview Cemetery
• Widows

• Image Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 9 9/16 in. (21.59 x 24.29 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 11 in. (21.91 x 27.94 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin