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Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007

Bishop Frederick Jordan, AME Baptist Church, T. O. Jones, Head of Sanitation Workers, Walter Ruether, United Auto Workers, lead commemorative march. Memphis, Tennessee, April 8th, 1968

Marchers on Main Street: Marchers on Main Street in Memphis after the assassination of Dr. King. Memphis, Tennessee, 1968

Martin Luther King Funeral Procession: Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King’s church. Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968

Courthouse: Civil Rights lawyers Odell Horton, A. W. Willis, Benjamin Hooks, Russell Sugarmon and J. F. Estes at Memphis Police Court. Memphis, 1960

Dr. Martin Luther King is Confronted: Dr. King is stopped by police at Medgar Evers’ Funeral. Jackson, Mississippi, June, 1963

Little Rock Nine: The “Little Rock Nine’s” first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957

Tent City Family: This family was evicted from their home for voting. Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, 1960

Daddy, I Want To Be Free Too: William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main St., Memphis, August, 1961

First Desegregated Bus Ride: Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegregated bus. Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956

I Am A Man: Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tennessee, March 28th, 1968

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