King, Martin Luther, Jr. - Funerals
Scope and Contents
Folder group contains coverage of funeral services held on April 9, 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia for Martin Luther King Jr., as well as coverage of memorials held around the country and around the world in April of 1968.
Extent
5 folders
Arrangement
Morgue files related to Martin Luther King, Jr. are arranged in six categories: coverage of events of his lifetime; coverage of his assassination, funeral and memorial services, and riots in April 1968 in the aftermath of his death; coverage of the Federal investigation of his death that concluded in 1975; and coverage of tributes to King, including commemorative sites, holidays, events, and activities in remembrance of King in the years after 1968. Coverage of events of King's lifetime are arranged at the beginning of the group. Full newspapers and newspaper pages from April 1968 are arranged in the same categories based on their headlines; note that these newspapers contain coverage of multiple overlapping events taking place at that time.
Processing Information
Files on Martin Luther King, Jr. have been processed using detailed processing procedures due to their volume and complexity. All the information in the finding aid has been verified against folder content, and more intensive work on arrangement and description has been done to facilitate research.
Repository Details
Part of the AFRO American Newspapers Archives Repository