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Description
The back side of the "Honor King: End Racism!" sign worn in the Memorial March on April 9, 1968, the day before the funeral for Martin Luther King, Jr. The back side features a handwritten inscription that says, “Sign worn in Memorial March to City Hall from Clayborn Temple on Monday, April 9, 1968, the day before funeral of Martin Luther King. This march, nationally televised from Memphis, was led by King’s widow, Mrs. Coretta King. Sign worn by Carol Lynn Yellin of M. S. M. Committee.”
Date Created
1-1968
Source Collection
University Archives, Special Collections Department
Recommended Citation
""Honor King: End Racism!" poster from Memorial March, Back Side" (1968). Item of the Month: April 2025. 4.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/item-of-the-month-2025-04/4
Keywords
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, bust, Sanitation Strike, Item of the Month, posters, I Am A Man
