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Escorting King

Bernard Lee escorts Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy to safety after the march erupted in violence.
Creator: Melhorn, Sam
Date: 1968-03-28
Source: I Am a Man: Photographs of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection: Mississippi Valley Collection, Memphis State University
Citation
Melhorn, Sam , “Escorting King,” I Am A Man, accessed February 22, 2025, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/182.