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Associated Press Mother's Helper

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.069 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 17.7 x 25.9 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press showing Coretta Scott King and daughter Yolanda King at a memorial march for Dr. King in Memphis, Tennesse. Yolada dabs a spot on her mother's coat where she has spilled some water.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Yolanda, 1955- 2007

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