April 9, 1968 - Jacqueline and Edward Kennedy attending Martin Luther King's Funeral

Martin Luther King's funeral is held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Lester Maddox, governor of the state at the time, refuses to close the state government in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader, or attend the funeral. Maddox felt King was an "enemy of the country." The governor additionally stationed 64 riot-helmeted state troopers at the entrances of the capitol to protect "the property of the state."
Jacqueline Kennedy walks through the streets with American civil rights activist Bernard Lee in the funeral procession of assassinated civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, April 9,

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[PacificCircle1]

Gov. Maddox - a early day tea bagger. He the worst racist piece of s...!

[Sistarovat]

@sierria64 The freedom riders had absolutely nothing to do with colored people attending Princeton University or with people of color having the same opportunities as white Americans. They were trying to desegregate bus facilities.

[sierria64]

RACIST .. FUCK OFF.. MY FATHER WAS A FREEDOM RIDER AND IM PROUD OF THAT HE AND THE MOVEMENT DID FOR OUR NATION AND FOR MY GENERATION BORN IN THE 1960'S. IM A DOCTOR AN EMERGENCY ROOM MD , AND I HAD AN OPPERTUNITY TO GO TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ..THOSE CHANGES MADE IT POSSIABLE FOR POOR AND MINORITIES TO ENJOY THE SAMAE OPPERTUNITY AS ANY OTHER AMERICAN.. WHITE, BLACK , RED OR YELLOW..BECAUSE WHITE RACIST SEGREGATION DENIED PEOPLE

[Billinindiana]

@bradyman: Mahalia singing 1968 is on here. Type Mahalia MLK funeral. It is there.

[Sistarovat]

It's a terrible shame that white liberals used black people as their political pawns in order to gain power. The Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and every other "civil rights" act, not to mention all the court rulings have practically turned this nation into a communist nation.

[Sistarovat]

It is terribly sad that the white liberal scumbagsnation used American blacks as their

[JRF1961]

@CUNTservativesRDung, Really, I thought he was trying to fuck your mom and sisters.

Have a Nice Day Cunt Lips!!

[CUNTservativesRDung]

No he was trying to look for your brain which is apparent you seem to lack. Prick.

[SuperNintendoCrew21]

I was born April 9...