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. Banners are carried by groups representing the NAACP and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the Milner Hotel can be seen in the background. 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_01
Subjects: Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Parades--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; African American Ohioans
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)