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Associated Press Farewell to Father

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.024 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 7 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 25.2 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Dr. King's children, Bernice King, Martin III, and Dexter with Coretta Scott King as they look over their father's casket.

Bernice King is five years old in this photograph.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Bernice, 1963-
King Martin III, 1957-
King, Dexter, 1961-

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