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- Dr. King Arrives In Memphis
- Terrible Thursday
- The Men March, The Guards Watch
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March for King
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family leads the memorial march held in Memphis after he was assassinated while showing his support for AFSCME Local 1733's sanitation workers' strike. To the right of Coretta Scott King and her children Yolanda, Martin III, and Dexter, are Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Andrew Young.
Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date: 1968-04-08
Collection: AFSCME Communications Department Records
Citation
Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007, “March for King,” I Am A Man, accessed November 8, 2024, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/198.