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MARTIN LUTHER KING. "Obsequies" funeral program, signed by several politicians and civil rights leaders. 16 printed pages, 8¾ x 5½ inches, stapled; light vertical fold, minor wear, light soiling and inked note to front page; nine signatures of attendees on the blank second page. Atlanta, GA: Hanley Bell Street Funeral Home, 9 April 1968
The program from Dr. King's services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College, including a short biography and a selection of quotations. The nine signatures are by: Undersecretary of the United Nations Ralph J. Bunche, "in sorrow"; Ebony editor Lerone Bennett Jr.; comedian Dick Gregory (42 days into his hunger strike); Michigan governor and recently withdrawn presidential candidate George Romney (father of Mitt); his wife Lenore Romney; Senator Edward Kennedy; one name we can't make out with certainty (Henry Harris?); presidential candidate Richard Nixon; and King's friend and advisor Harris Wofford. News photos show that Nixon, Kennedy and the Romneys were seated together at the service.
