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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.019 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 7 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 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 King Jr.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1889-1984
Shuttlesworth, Fred, 1922-2011
1945 to the Present
African Americans
African American History
Assassinations
Civil Rights Movement
The Sixties

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