Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Title:
- Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Collection:
- Obama Visual Iconography
- Date:
- ca. 2008-11 to 2009-01
- Location:
- Washington, D.C.
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- RMM06828_00002
- Collection Number:
- 6828
- Previous Filename:
- Obama_002
- File Name:
- RMM06828_00002.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- political posters
- Materials/Techniques:
- photomontages
- Subject:
- Obama, Barack
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Presidents--United States--Election--2008
Presidents--United States--Inauguration
African Americans--Civil rights
- Description:
- Poster created on the occasion of the 2009 January 20 Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America, showing photographs of a smiling President Obama at right, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at left. Obama's photograph is superimposed on a photo of the White House; all of the images are in color.
- Cite As:
- Barack Obama presidential campaign and inauguration collection, #6828. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Barack Obama presidential campaign and inauguration collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The Cornell University Library has made a reasonable effort to identify all possible rights holders in this image, but in this case, the current rights holders remain unknown. The Library has elected to place the item online as an exercise of fair use for non-commercial educational use. If would like to learn more about this item and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders: contact rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
