The AP Faces Behind the Photos and Words that Covered MLK’s Death
The AP Faces Behind the Photos and Words that Covered MLK’s Death
Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick covered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginnings as a local preacher in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 to his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
In this undated file photo, Martin Luther King Jr., preaches in Albany, Ga. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/File)
President John F. Kennedy stands with a group of leaders of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2013 at the White House. From left are Whitney Young, National Urban League; Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene P. Donnaly, National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Kennedy; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers; Vice-President Johnson, rear, and Roy Wilkins, NAACP. (AP Photo)
Retired journalist Nancy Shipley, who filed the Associated Press’ initial bulletin on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses that night in 1968 during an interview in her home in Dayton, Tennessee, on March 7, 2018. Shipley went on to become a broadcast executive with AP, and she was named only the second female bureau chief for the news service. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
In this October 27, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is given a welcome home kiss by his wife Coretta, upon his return to Atlanta following his release from Reidsville State Prison on bond. King’s children, Yolanda, 5, and Martin Luther III, 3, join the welcome celebration. (AP Photo, File)
Former Associated Press staff photographer Jack Thornell speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Harahan, La., Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
During months of local anti-segregation campaigns led by the SCLC in Albany, Georgia, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested by Albany’s Chief of Police, Laurie Pritchett, after praying at City Hall, on July 27, 1962. (AP Photo)
In this March 23, 2018 photo, former Associated Press staffer Kathryn Johnson, is interviewed at her home in Atlanta. Johnson recounted the aftermath Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Johnson was the only reporter given access to the King family and the dealings of MLKÕs funeral arrangements. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In this July 2, 1964, file photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left, are, Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League. President Barack Obama was 2-years-old when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Half a century later, the first black president will commemorate whatÕs been accomplished in his lifetime. HeÕll also recommit the nation to fighting deep inequalities that remain. (AP Photo)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rides in the back seat of a police car with a police dog as he is returned to jail in St. Augustine, Fla., after testifying before a grand jury investigating racial unrest in the city, June 12, 1964. Andrew Young is seen outside the car. (AP Photo, File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., as National Park Service ranger Gordon “Gunny” Gundrum, left, stands beside King. Gundrum says his assignment to guard dignitaries gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial gave him a front-row view of the historic event and was a life-changing moment, helping him realize “everyone has unalienable rights.” (AP Photo/File)
In this Jan. 18, 1964 file photo, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C. The black leaders, from left, are, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); James Farmer, national director of the Committee on Racial Equality; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League. (AP Photo, file)
Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick covered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginnings as a local preacher in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 to his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick covered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginnings as a local preacher in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 to his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
In this undated file photo, Martin Luther King Jr., preaches in Albany, Ga. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)
In this undated file photo, Martin Luther King Jr., preaches in Albany, Ga. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/File)
President John F. Kennedy stands with a group of leaders of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2013 at the White House. From left are Whitney Young, National Urban League; Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene P. Donnaly, National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Kennedy; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers; Vice-President Johnson, rear, and Roy Wilkins, NAACP. (AP Photo)
President John F. Kennedy stands with a group of leaders of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2013 at the White House. From left are Whitney Young, National Urban League; Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene P. Donnaly, National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Kennedy; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers; Vice-President Johnson, rear, and Roy Wilkins, NAACP. (AP Photo)
Retired journalist Nancy Shipley, who filed the Associated Press’ initial bulletin on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses that night in 1968 during an interview in her home in Dayton, Tennessee, on March 7, 2018. Shipley went on to become a broadcast executive with AP, and she was named only the second female bureau chief for the news service. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Retired journalist Nancy Shipley, who filed the Associated Press’ initial bulletin on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses that night in 1968 during an interview in her home in Dayton, Tennessee, on March 7, 2018. Shipley went on to become a broadcast executive with AP, and she was named only the second female bureau chief for the news service. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
In this October 27, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is given a welcome home kiss by his wife Coretta, upon his return to Atlanta following his release from Reidsville State Prison on bond. King’s children, Yolanda, 5, and Martin Luther III, 3, join the welcome celebration. (AP Photo, File)
In this October 27, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is given a welcome home kiss by his wife Coretta, upon his return to Atlanta following his release from Reidsville State Prison on bond. King’s children, Yolanda, 5, and Martin Luther III, 3, join the welcome celebration. (AP Photo, File)
Former Associated Press staff photographer Jack Thornell speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Harahan, La., Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Former Associated Press staff photographer Jack Thornell speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Harahan, La., Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
During months of local anti-segregation campaigns led by the SCLC in Albany, Georgia, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested by Albany’s Chief of Police, Laurie Pritchett, after praying at City Hall, on July 27, 1962. (AP Photo)
During months of local anti-segregation campaigns led by the SCLC in Albany, Georgia, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested by Albany’s Chief of Police, Laurie Pritchett, after praying at City Hall, on July 27, 1962. (AP Photo)
In this March 23, 2018 photo, former Associated Press staffer Kathryn Johnson, is interviewed at her home in Atlanta. Johnson recounted the aftermath Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Johnson was the only reporter given access to the King family and the dealings of MLKÕs funeral arrangements. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In this March 23, 2018 photo, former Associated Press staffer Kathryn Johnson, is interviewed at her home in Atlanta. Johnson recounted the aftermath Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Johnson was the only reporter given access to the King family and the dealings of MLKÕs funeral arrangements. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In this July 2, 1964, file photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left, are, Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League. President Barack Obama was 2-years-old when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Half a century later, the first black president will commemorate whatÕs been accomplished in his lifetime. HeÕll also recommit the nation to fighting deep inequalities that remain. (AP Photo)
In this July 2, 1964, file photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left, are, Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League. President Barack Obama was 2-years-old when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Half a century later, the first black president will commemorate whatÕs been accomplished in his lifetime. HeÕll also recommit the nation to fighting deep inequalities that remain. (AP Photo)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rides in the back seat of a police car with a police dog as he is returned to jail in St. Augustine, Fla., after testifying before a grand jury investigating racial unrest in the city, June 12, 1964. Andrew Young is seen outside the car. (AP Photo, File)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rides in the back seat of a police car with a police dog as he is returned to jail in St. Augustine, Fla., after testifying before a grand jury investigating racial unrest in the city, June 12, 1964. Andrew Young is seen outside the car. (AP Photo, File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., as National Park Service ranger Gordon “Gunny” Gundrum, left, stands beside King. Gundrum says his assignment to guard dignitaries gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial gave him a front-row view of the historic event and was a life-changing moment, helping him realize “everyone has unalienable rights.” (AP Photo/File)
In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., as National Park Service ranger Gordon “Gunny” Gundrum, left, stands beside King. Gundrum says his assignment to guard dignitaries gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial gave him a front-row view of the historic event and was a life-changing moment, helping him realize “everyone has unalienable rights.” (AP Photo/File)
In this Jan. 18, 1964 file photo, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C. The black leaders, from left, are, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); James Farmer, national director of the Committee on Racial Equality; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League. (AP Photo, file)
In this Jan. 18, 1964 file photo, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C. The black leaders, from left, are, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); James Farmer, national director of the Committee on Racial Equality; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League. (AP Photo, file)