Mrs. King and her four children

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"In April 1968, Mrs. King and her four children flew from Memphis back to Atlanta with Rev. Dr. King’s body for burial.
As Rev. Dr. King’s body was being taken from the plane, there was just a moment when the family came together in the doorway."

Photograph and narrative by Harry Benson

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was murdered by a sniper in TN, on April 4, 1968.