Coretta Scott King, widow of the Civil Rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., shakes hands with Senator George McGovern at a news conference in Los Angeles, where she endorsed his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Applauding at right is the church pastor, Reverend Tom Kilgore.

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.

Associated Press ID #720518026

On verso: date stamps and newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

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:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Coretta Scott King
• Coretta Scott King
• Elections
• Endorsements
• George McGovern
• George McGovern
• Injustice
• Los Angeles
• Martin Luther King Family
• Political campaigns
• Political campaigns
• Presidential elections
• Press Conferences
• Racial Discrimination
• Reverend Tom Kilgore
• Widows

• Image Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (16.99 x 21.27 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 8 9/16 in. (20.48 x 21.75 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen