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Associated Press Dr. King's Caisson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.085 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts the mule-drawn casket of Dr. King en route to Morehouse College for a second funeral service.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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