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Associated Press En Route to Memphis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.041 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 8 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Harry Belafonte escorting Mrs. King and her children, Dexter, Martin III, and Yolanda King, to his private plane in Atlanta, Georgia. The Kings are bound for Memphis, Tennessee, where Ms. King will lead a march in her husband's honor.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
King, Yolanda, 1955- 2007
King, Dexter, 1961-
King, Martin Luther III, 1957-

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