Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Coretta Scott King and her children

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This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte sitting with Bernice and Coretta Scott King inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Bernice King is looking at the camera. There are other unidentified attendees seated and leaning against the wall. Press equipment is visible behind the King family. There is a glare from a light above Belafonte. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

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