5 April 1968
Associated Press
Photograph
Title: King's Body Put on Plane
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 5, 1968. Photo depicts casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being loaded onto a plane as the Rev. Ralph Abernathy stands in the doorway of the plane. Wirephoto description notes that Rev. Abernathy will take over King's place as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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