Photograph included in the Exhibit: King, the Kennedys, & Los Angeles. Martin Luther King and Governor Edmund G. Brown during a Freedom Rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. An audience of 12,000 was expected at the 18,000-seat venue. When over 25,000 people showed up to hear King speak, many remained outside and listened to the speech over loudspeakers. Photograph dated June 18, 1961.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968 Brown, Edmund G.--(Edmund Gerald),--1905-1996 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.) Governors--California Clergy--United States Nobel Prize winners--United States African Americans--Civil rights Civil rights workers--United States Civil rights movements--United States Arenas--California--Los Angeles University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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