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Coretta Scott King with Bernard Lee

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Montgomery, ALA: Prior to a 12/5 press conference, Mrs. Coretta King chats briefly from behind a pamphlet with Rev. Bernard Lee, a co-ordinator of the 20th anniversary celebration of the 1955 bus boycott. Mrs. King, widow of slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin L. king, called on Congress or President Ford to conduct an independent investigation into the death of her husband.
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Keywords

  1. African American Studies
  2. African Americans
  3. Black Panthers
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Movement
  6. Desegregation
  7. History
  8. Prejudice
  9. United States
  10. United States History

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