Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963
THF145189
Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963
Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963
THF145190
Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963 / back
Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963
THF145191
Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963 / inside
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Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963 - Thumbnail
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Record Album, "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," June 23, 1963

Summary

Detroit's 1963 Walk to Freedom--a protest that grew to a national event attracting some 125,000 people--helped move the civil rights struggle to a new focus on the urban North. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented a prelude to his famous "I Have a Dream" speech here. Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown Record Corporation, produced this record album documenting the event.

Detroit's 1963 Walk to Freedom--a protest that grew to a national event attracting some 125,000 people--helped move the civil rights struggle to a new focus on the urban North. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented a prelude to his famous "I Have a Dream" speech here. Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown Record Corporation, produced this record album documenting the event.

Artifact

Phonograph record

Date Made

1963

Subject Date

23 June 1963

Creators

Motown Record Corporation 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Keywords

Phonograph records 

Record covers 

Sound recordings 

Civil rights movements 

Civil rights leaders 

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2006.6.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Polyvinyl chloride
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Dimensions

Width: 12.25 in

Length: 12.25 in

Diameter: 11.75 in

Inscriptions

front of album cover: THE GREAT MARCH TO FREEDOM / REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEAKS / DETROIT / JUNE 23, 1963

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