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Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, circa 1972

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View of Jesse Jackson (center), a civil rights leader and founder of Operation PUSH, and other unidentified individuals honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia.Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights leader, and a Baptist minister. He received the Nobel Peace Price for his efforts to end racial discrimination by non violent means in 1964. King was assassinated in 1968 and is entombed at the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Celebrations
  4. Churches
  5. Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
  6. Facades
  7. Georgia
  8. Parades And Processions
  9. Street Lights
  10. Streets

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