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Associated Press New Yorkers March for King

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.036 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 7 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "New Yorkers March for King" dated April 7, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts marchers and two flags carried among them. Wire transfer information states that the parade took place in Harlem prior to a memorial service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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