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United Press International Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09738 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 2 March 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled "Washington," taken by United Press International dated March 2, 1965. Image is of Martin Luther King Jr and James Nabrit Jr., president of Howard University. Wire transfer informoation states that King and Narbit posed for the image before King deliversed a speech during Howard University's Charter Day observance event.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Nabrit, James, Jr., 1900-1997

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