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United Press International [Senators Robert Kennedy and Eugene Kennedy at Dr. King's memorial service]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.061 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto taken by United Press International depicting Senators Robert Kennedy of New York and Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota at the memorial service for Dr. King.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
McCarthy, Eugene, 1916-2005
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

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