(24756) Memorial March for King
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
- AFSCME
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials (AFSCME)
- Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
- King, Dexter, 1961-
- King, Martin Luther, III
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- King, Yolanda
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
- Slaiman, Donald, 1919-
- Smith, B. Julian
- Wurf, Jerry, 1919-
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
Labor and civil rights leaders march with the King family in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. a few days after his assassination while supporting striking sanitation workers of AFSCME Local 1733. First row from left: singer, actor, and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte; King’s daughter Yolanda; King’s sons, Martin III and Dexter; King’s widow, Coretta Scott King; Reverend Ralph Abernathy; Reverend Andrew Young; and Rabbi Abraham Heschel. Second row, beginning right of Yolanda: Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; AFSCME President Jerry Wurf; civil rights leader Bayard Rustin; May Reuther and her husband, UAW President Walter Reuther; and AFL-CIO Civil Rights Director Don Slaiman.
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