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Associated Press Mrs. Kennedy Arrives

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.066 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 17.7 x 25.9 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press showing Jacqueline Kennedy making her way through a massive crowd in front of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia to attend the funeral service of Dr. King.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

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