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United Press International [Mrs. King at private service for Dr. King]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.070 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 25.9 cm Order a Copy

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a private funeral service for her husband at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. She is seated next to her daughters Yolanda and Bernice.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Yolanda, 1955- 2007
King, Bernice, 1963-

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