As steady rain fell on Pershing Square, officials observing Martin Luther King Jr. week held hands during the singing of "We Shall Overcome." From left: Dr. Joseph Lowery, SCLC National President; Rev. James Lawson, Holman Methodist Church; State Senator Nate Holden; Mexican-American community leader David Ochoa; SCLC West head Manesba Tackett; Dr. Ernie Smith, Drew Postgraduate Medical School; and Evelyn Occina, SCLC West board member. The program followed a memorial march on January 14, 1978.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968 Lowery, Joseph--(Joseph E.) Lawson, James M.,--1928- Holden, Nate Ochoa, David Occina, Evelyn Tackett, Manesba Smith, Ernie Adolphus,--1938- Methodist Church--clergy Legislators--United States Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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