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King and West Philadelphia Pastors

    Black and white photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing between two Black pastors. Dr. King and Rev. Shepard Sr. wear dark academic gowns. Rev. Shepard Jr. wears a traditional black ministerial robe; he and Dr. King shake hands. A fourth person is a white priest, robed in a white gown with a dark clerical collar. Stain-glass windows form the backdrop of the photo.

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Rev. Marshall Shepard Sr. (left) and Rev. Marshall Shepard Jr. (right), pastors at Mt. Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church, 647 N. 42nd St., West Philadelphia. The senior Shepard was the church’s pastor for 42 years and City Councilman for 11 years.

    1959
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    John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA; courtesy of TUL