Memorial March for King

Item

Title

Memorial March for King

Description

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family leads the memorial march held in Memphis after he was assassinated while showing his support for AFSCME Local 1733's sanitation workers' strike. To the right of Coretta Scott King and her children Yolanda, Martin III, and Dexter, are Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Andrew Young.

Date

1968-04-08

Coverage

1960-1969

Subject

Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
AFSCME
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Dexter, 1961-
King, Martin Luther, III
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Yolanda
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Young, Andrew, 1932-

Rights

Withers, Ernest C.

Is Part Of

AFSCME Communications Department Records

Creator

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007

Format

image/jpeg

Extent

8 x 10

Type

Still Image
Photographs

Identifier

8896

Spatial Coverage

Memphis, TN

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