Associated Press Leaves Ebenezer
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.081 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts the mahogany casket of Dr. King leaving the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. King's casket would then be transported by mule-drawn caisson toward another service before interment. Pictured toward the end of the casket is civil rights leader Jesse Jackson.
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