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The casket of Dr. Martin Luther King is slowly lowered to the ground by aides of the famed civil rights leader on arrival at the funeral home here, Atlanta, April 5, 1968
The casket of Dr. Martin Luther King is slowly lowered to the ground by aides of the famed civil rights leader on arrival at the funeral home here, Atlanta, April 5, 1968

The casket of Dr. Martin Luther King is slowly lowered to the ground by aides of the famed civil rights leader on arrival at the funeral home here, Atlanta, April 5, 1968

Printer (American, founded 1907)
Date1968
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumTelephoto
Dimensions6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.
Credit LineGift of the Schoor Family
Object number2022.0122
Copyright© United Press International
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