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Associated Press Crowds Gather

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.090 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 an aerial view of early gathering crowds outside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church prior to the funeral of Dr. King.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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