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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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NAACP Annual Report for 1967

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1967." Item contains summary of organization's efforts towards civil rights: listing accomplishments of different state chapters, voter registration and political action, annual convention, finances...

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NAACP Annual Report for 1968.

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Annual Report for 1968." Item contains summary of organization's efforts which include legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, pupil incentive program, finances, and the annual convention.

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NAACP Annual Report for 1968

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1968." Item contains summary of organization's efforts which include legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, pupil incentive program, finances, and the annual convention.

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NAACP Annual Report for 1969

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1969," dated 1970. Item contains summary of organization's efforts: legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, rezoning based on a racial bias, finances, and the annual convention.

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NAACP Annual Report for 1969

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1969," dated 1970. Item contains summary of organization's efforts: legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, rezoning based on a racial bias, finances, and the annual convention.

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We've just started...

One pamphlet entitled, "We've just started..." dated April 1969. Item is a small pamphlet that printed images of Roy Wilkins's hands with blocks of text. Text could possibly be drawn from a speech regarding racial segregation and the work yet to be...

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We've just started...

One pamphlet entitled, "We've just started..." dated April 1969. Item is a small pamphlet that printed images of Roy Wilkins's hands with blocks of text. Text could possibly be drawn from a speech regarding racial segregation and the work yet to be...

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NAACP Annual Report for 1970

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Annual Report for 1970," dated October 1971. Item summarizes organization's efforts for voting rights, 1970 elections, 1970 census participation, housing, the National Afro-American Builders Project, textbooks, political...

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The Search for Military Justice, Report of an NAACP Inquiry into the Problems of the Negro Serviceman in West Germany

One pamphlet entitled, "The Search for Military Justice, Report of an NAACP Inquiry into the Problems of the Negro Serviceman in West Germany," dated 1971. Discusses concerns and examples of discrimination against African Americans serving in the...

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The Little Black Book of 1976

One pamphlet entitled, "The Little Black Book of 1976," dated 1976. Articles highlight the history of the National Urban League, historical landmarks, monthly calendars related to activists and historical figures in African American history...

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Farewell to Father

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Dr. King's children, Bernice King, Martin III, and Dexter with Coretta Scott King as they look over their father's casket.

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[Faces of King's mourners]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Comprised of eight portraits of various mourners of Dr. King. According to the telephoto description, the pictures were taken as King's body was lying in state at the Sisters...

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[Two mourners file past body of Dr. King]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts two mourners as they file past the body of Dr. King.

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Passing King's Bier

One wirephoto by Associated Press dated April 6, 1968. Depicts three children as they file past Dr. King's funeral bier.

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[Dr. King's body carried into the Sisters Chapel]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts hundreds of people gathered outside of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College as Dr. King's body is carried inside.

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[Line to view King's body at Sisters Chapel]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Depicts an aerial view of the line of people outside the Sisters Chapel at Spelman College waiting to view the body of Dr. King. According to the telephoto description, "the crowd...

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Waiting to see King

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 7, 1968. Depicts mourners waiting in line to see the body of Dr. King at the Sisters Chapel of Spelman College.

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