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Photograph included in the exhibit: "From Hula Hoops to Hanoi: L.A. Concerns, 1954-1965."; Photograph included in the Exhibit: King, the Kennedys, & Los Angeles. Martin Luther King is honored by the City of Los Angeles and the World Affairs Council during a luncheon held at the Hollywood Palladium. Here he is pictured with (from left), Councilman (and later mayor) Tom Bradley, Supervisor Warren M. Dorn, King, Harold C. McClellan and Mayor Samuel W. Yorty. King arrived in Los Angeles under heavy guard following the assassination of Malcom X. An anonymous bomb threat was made during the luncheon. When addressing the group, King said, "Before the victory is won, some of us will have to get scarred up a little bit." Photograph caption dated February 26, 1965 reads, "City and county officials presented a proclamation to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in ceremonies preceeding [sic] a World Affairs Council luncheon yesterday at the Hollywood Palladium at which King, the Nobel Peace prize winner spoke."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;6 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968 Bradley, Tom,--1917-1998 Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998 McClellan, Harold C.,--b. 1897 Dorn, Warren M Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Civil rights movements--United States Clergy--United States Civil rights workers--United States Nobel Prize winners--United States African Americans--Civil rights Mayors--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles County council members--California--Los Angeles County Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Group portraits Portrait photographs
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