Mahalia Jackson and others outside Ebenezer Baptist Church, probably about to enter the building for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral service.
Jackson sang during the service. The J. H. Robinson Launderette and Wheat Street Baptist church are in the background. The funeral was covered in the issue of The Southern Courier for April 13-14, 1968, which is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/5383 |
| Summary: | Jackson sang during the service. The J. H. Robinson Launderette and Wheat Street Baptist church are in the background. The funeral was covered in the issue of The Southern Courier for April 13-14, 1968, which is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No15_1968_04_13.pdf |
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