Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Behind two men, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are flashed on the Coliseum electric board at a memorial service for him on April 7, 1968; the sentence reads, "I've been to the top of the mountain and I have seen the promised land of justice and freedom."
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Death and burial Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Memorial rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Arenas--California--Los Angeles University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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