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Associated Press Mrs. King Joins March in Husband's Honor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.045 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 8 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at the front of a march held in Memphis in honor of her husband. Accompanying her in the front row are her children Yolanda, Martin III, and Dexter, as well as Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Harry Belafonte.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
King, Martin Luther III, 1957-
King, Yolanda, 1955- 2007
King, Dexter, 1961-

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