Comments on Ray Trial - The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy tell an Atlanta press conference Monday that James Earl Ray's admission of guilt strengthens his belief that there was a conspiracy in the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Abernathy succeeded King as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ray was sentenced Monday in Memphis, Tenn., to 99 years in prison after pleading guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the King slaying.

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Title:
Comments on Ray Trial - The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy tell an Atlanta press conference Monday that James Earl Ray's admission of guilt strengthens his belief that there was a conspiracy in the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Abernathy succeeded King as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ray was sentenced Monday in Memphis, Tenn., to 99 years in prison after pleading guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the King slaying.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Abernathy, Rev. Ralph D. Montgomery, ALA., Negro Minister
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. March 1969]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Civil rights leaders
Clergy
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 230 x 181 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/s4658g88s
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000095_0058
Barcode:
39999088103211