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Associated Press Dignitaries Arrive

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.088 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 limousines carrying various dignitaries as they make their way through surging crowds toward the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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