Martin Luther King Day parade in Cincinnati   Save
Jack Klumpe Safety Negative Collection
Description: This photograph shows marchers in Cincinnati, Ohio, commemorating the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on January 18, 1982. Rounding the corner, several women carry a banner representing the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The next year, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law making the third Monday in January a national holiday celebrating the birth and life of Dr. King, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States who was assassinated in 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV3_B17F08_02
Subjects: Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Parades--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; African American Ohioans
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)