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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

Publisher (American, founded 1907)
Date1968
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.
Credit LineGift of the Schoor Family
Object number2022.0122
Copyright© United Press International
Little Rock
United Press International
August 27, 1959
Little Rock
United Press International
1959
Little Rock
United Press International
1959
Martin Luther King
Ben Shahn
1966
Says King's Death Increased Interest
Associated Press (AP)
1968
Equal Rights are Not Special Rights
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
no date
Martin Luther
Georg Geyer
circa 1870