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Pastors leading memorial service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, April 4, 1968
Order an ImageThe assassination of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) on April 4 led to a nationwide wave of grief, demonstrations, and riots. Memorials were held across the country, and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared April 7 a national day of mourning .
In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) sits with other church leaders during a memorial service for Dr. King, whom he met when they were both students at Morehouse College. Dr. McKinney was, for 40 years, the pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington.
Caption information source: "McKinney, Samuel Berry (b. 1926)" by Mary T. Henry, HistoryLink.org Essay 152
In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) sits with other church leaders during a memorial service for Dr. King, whom he met when they were both students at Morehouse College. Dr. McKinney was, for 40 years, the pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington.
Caption information source: "McKinney, Samuel Berry (b. 1926)" by Mary T. Henry, HistoryLink.org Essay 152
ID Number: 1986.5.50986.1
Date: 1968
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 35mm
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.50986.1
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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