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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. escorting Coretta Scott King away from Hartsfield International Airport immediately after learning about the death of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 April 4

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In this WSB newsfilm clip dated April 4, 1968, Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s personal secretary Dora McDonald accompany Coretta Scott King through an Atlanta airport terminal to an Atlanta city police escort vehicle just moments after Mrs. King has been notified of her husband 's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee; later in the clip, visitors walk up the front steps of the King residence in Atlanta, where the front door is guarded by police officers.The clip, recorded with sound, begins with Coretta Scott King walking through an airport towards an airport terminal. She is accompanied by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s personal secretary Dora McDonald on her right, and Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. on her left. An African American police officer wearing a red cap follows behind Allen; the officer is carrying a raincoat. They walk past a sign that points toward the airplane terminal, then pass through a set of swinging doors.The clip breaks; in the next shot, the group has moved outdoors where it is evening. There is a persistent loud noise, presumably the sound of airplane engines. McDonald assists Coretta Scott King into the rear passenger-side seat of a white police car, while Allen holds the door. The camera turns toward two unidentified young African American boys, who cry as they are held by an unidentified African American man. McDonald comforts one of the boys by gently cradling the sides of his head. A high-ranking white Atlanta police officer wearing...
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Administrative Assistants
  2. African American Children
  3. African American Civil Rights Workers
  4. African American Police
  5. African Americans
  6. Airport Police
  7. Airport Terminals
  8. Airports
  9. Assassination
  10. Atlanta
  11. Automobiles
  12. Bereavement
  13. Civil Rights
  14. Civil Rights Workers
  15. Coats
  16. Crying
  17. Death
  18. Doors
  19. Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
  20. Georgia
  21. Grief
  22. Hats
  23. History
  24. Jet Engines
  25. Jet Plane Sounds
  26. Mayors
  27. Minority Municipal Officials And Employees
  28. Municipal Officials And Employees
  29. Police
  30. Police Patrol
  31. Police Vehicles
  32. Race Relations
  33. Raincoats
  34. Reflection (Optics)
  35. Seats
  36. Secretaries
  37. Social Conditions
  38. Stairs
  39. Uniforms

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