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United Press International [Coretta Scott King leaves press conference]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.015 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 6 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 26.2 cm Order a Copy

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. Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. King's successor, grasps Mrs. King's hand.

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

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