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Street Corner Rally

    Black and white photo showing a large crowd of men, women, and children in the intersection at 40th and Market St., congregating for a rally led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King and other Black leaders stand on a platform in front of the JP RESTAURANT, on the north side of the intersection.

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a rally held on the corner of 40th and Market St. in West Philadelphia. This rally took place on the same day as the mass “Freedom Now” rally held at 42nd St. & Lancaster Ave., an event commemorated by a state historical marker, mural, and bust of MLK. (See cover photo above.)

    3 August 1968
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    Photo by Hamilton, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; courtesy of TUL