King's Widow Arrives for March: Mrs. Coretta King, left, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., is accompanied by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) officials and a security guard, extreme right, as she arrives at Memphis Airport Wednesday afternoon to join the Poor People's Campaign, which was planned by her late husband.

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 #680501030

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: date 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:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Coretta Scott King
• Coretta Scott King
• Injustice
• Martin Luther King Family
• Memphis
• Memphis Airport
• Poor People's Campaign
• Poor People's Campaign
• Racial Discrimination
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Widows

• Image Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in. (17.94 x 24.13 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 10 1/4 in. (20.16 x 26.04 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen