Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Benefit Concert
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@ Atlanta History Center
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View of Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell (right) and actor and comedian Flip Wilson (left) performing as Geraldine at a concert benefiting the King Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Omni Coliseum 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.
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Atlanta History Center
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Digital Library of Georgia