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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 1, 1964 reads "Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was greeted enthusiastically yesterday when he addressed a religious rally in Los Angeles Coliseum. On speakers' platform are, from left, actor Dick Van Dyke, radio-television personality Walter O'Keefe, the Rev. John H. Burt, and the Rev. Father Joseph Francis, S.V.D."
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King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968 Van Dyke, Dick O'Keefe, Walter,--1900-1983 Burt, John H.--(John Harris) Francis, Joseph A Catholic Church--Clergy Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Men--California--Los Angeles Nobel Prize winners--California--Los Angeles Clergy--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Television actors and actresses--United States Radio personalities--United States Civil rights workers--California--Los Angeles Civil rights movements--California--Los Angeles Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Speeches, addresses, etc Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Podiums--California--Los Angeles Bleachers--California--Los Angeles Microphones Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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