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Associated Press Mrs. King Gives Views

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.013 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 6 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 26.3 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a press conference in Atlanta following Dr. King's assassination. Pictured in the background is Rev. Ralph Abernathy.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990

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