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First photograph caption dated January 16, 1961 reads "Preaches non-violence."; Second photograph caption dated February 25, 1965 reads "Dr. Martin Luther King." The article partially reads "The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize-winning civil rights leader, was threatened this morning in a telephone call to the Valley Times." The caller threatened to blow up King with stolen dynamite.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 16 cm. Photographic prints
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968 Men--California--San Fernando Valley Nobel Prize winners--United States Civil rights movements--California--San Fernando Valley Civil rights workers--United States Death threats--California--San Fernando Valley Threats of violence--California--San Fernando Valley Bomb threats--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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