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[Coretta Scott King Reads Prepared Statement at Ebenezer Baptist Church]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a press conference at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta two days after Dr. King's assassination. In the background is Dr. King's pulpit with the...

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[Coretta Scott King leaves press conference]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King leaving a press conference where she reads a prepared statement urging Dr. Martin Luther King's followers to remain true to the tenets of nonviolence...

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Floral Tribute to Dr. King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts the floral wreaths which hang on the balcony rail outside of Dr. Martin Luther King's room at the Lorraine Motel. According to the text on the wirephoto, Dr. King was leaning on the rail...

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[Casket of Dr. Martin Luther King placed into Hearse]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts men carrying Dr. Martin Luther King's casket into a hearse from the funeral home in Atlanta for transport to Spellman College where his body will lie in state. Information...

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Wait to View King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 5, 1968. Depicts crowds gathered outside of an Atlanta funeral home waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pictured in the crowd is Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, identified in the accompanying...

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[Martin Luther King Sr. carried away from son's funeral bier]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Martin Luther King Sr. being led away from his son's funeral bier after collapsing while viewing the body. Assisting King Sr. is Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a top aide of...

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[Martin Luther King Sr. Weeps at son's viewing]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Martin Luther King Sr. crying at the viewing of his son's body as it lay in state in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[Coretta Scott King gazes at her husband's body as it lies in state]

One United Press International telephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King pausing to look upon the body of her husband.

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[A.D. King, brother of Martin Luther King Jr, delivers sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church]

One United Press International telephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts A.D. King, younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Tears for Dr. King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts two mourners weeping at a memorial service for Martin Luther King Jr. at Crump stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The mourner on the right is identified as Walter Bradin, 66, of Memphis...

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