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United Press International [Coretta Scott King, 1968]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.012 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 6 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 26.3 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King as she reads a prepared statement at a press conference in Atlanta. According to the telephoto description, "In her first public statement since her husband's assassination, Mrs. King issued a plea for his supporters to cling to the precept of non-violence."

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

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