Ticket for funeral services for Martin Luther King, Jr. owned by Nina Simone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ticket for funeral services for Martin Luther King, Jr. owned by Nina Simone: Date: April 9, 1968. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
An admission ticket to satellite funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Morehouse College. The cream colored ticket is rectangular with black text reading [Admit / Services Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ONLY / April 9, 1968]. There are no text, marks, or inscriptions on the back of the ticket.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 9, 1968
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Used by: Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
- Type: passes (tickets)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (5.4 x 13.3 cm)
- Place used: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Funeral customs and rites
- Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.132.4.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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