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United Press International [Senator and Mrs. Robert Kennedy meet King's sons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.056 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 8 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 20.4 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto published by United Press International depicting Senator Robert Kennedy and his wife Ethel meeting Dr. King's sons, Dexter and Martin III. Mrs. Kennedy shakes the hand of Martin III and Dexter looks on with a smile. At the far right is Dr. King's secretary, Dora McDonald.

Robert and Ethel Kennedy visited the home of Dr. King on 4/8/68, in Atlanta, Georgia, in preparation for the funeral services on 4/9/68.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Kennedy, Ethel, 1928-
McDonald, Dora, 1925- 2007
King, Dexter, 1961-
King III, Martin Luther, 1957-

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