Freedom Singing, SCLC Convention

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A black-and-white digital image of a group of three men, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and four women circled in front of a microphone singing. The group is standing in front of a stage with a podium labeled [L. R. Hall/ AUDITORIUM]. The woman on the left of the image is in profile to the viewer. She is wearing a jacket with a collar and a pin. She and the man next to her, are in front of a woman in the back, only her face and part of her arm are seen. The man is in profile facing right wearing a dark suit and tie. King stands next in a dark suit and patterned tie, with a badge on the left of his jacket lapel. King's right arm is raised. A woman stands next to King looking at him.

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