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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.073 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 26 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a private funeral service for Dr. King at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo is same image as GLC09739.072.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

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