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Coretta Scott King — Part 5

309 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 27, 1962 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Coretta Scott King · 306 pages OCR'd
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7 We Still Have A. Choice: this a case Por cers ErL.can Active: | Mr Irs. King Tells Marche: Comittee? ot WASHINGTON, 8 — Amid ARETE meyer ~ the jostling and the crushing, ‘= the lights and photographers, /! Coretta King walked | with - head high, fate serene and’ '; hands cradling. a candle to -. symbolize peace, . ’ And in front of the house ‘ where Richard Nixon tives, as , President of a troubled nation, the widow of Martin Luther King paused, bowed ker head, and touched the candle to a much bigger: one on a brass stand and for a moment was , '- herself a symbol. And when she moved on, 35,000 — ‘some say more —, caine after her. as if she were a Pied Piper for Peace. “We still have a choice,” . she said earlier io those thou- a. Sands as they sat in the au- -tum chill on the grassy -- slopes beneath the Washington -- ‘. Menument. “We can have - nonviolent coexistence or vio- - lené annihilation. My friends, © which will we chose?” The choiée, to this crowd, 7} was clear. After the speech- . .. making was done, they too lit ! candles and walked, silent andj - EINER SEE See ene en wirconot) “+ orderly, to the White House 0 aps MARTIN LUTHER KING LED PROCESSION petition their Presidents for nese peace, — oomee candlelight parade ‘marched to White=ouse . ‘ mon , Lor, Re lke ee ea ai yelp" “b2ee-/sFIsp — ENGEOSERE eee
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