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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.092 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto taken by United Press International depicting Rev. Ralph Abernathy giving the funeral address to a large crowd of people during the interrment of Dr. King.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990

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