Photograph caption reads, "Scene outside New Bethel Baptist Church before the funeral of Virgil Lee Williams, killed by LAPD. The woman in a black-and-white suit is thought to be a relative; the woman with a name badge is a funeral-home worker." A woman holds a protest sign referring to the Equal Rights Congress. Williams was killed in May, 1987.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Williams, Virgil Lee--Death and burial New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Equal Rights Congress (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baptist church buildings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Church buildings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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