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| Photo: Bereaved celebrities Nancy Wilson, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis
Jr., Sidney Poitier, Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. and actor Marlon
Brando proceed to Dr. King’s funeral., Moneta Sleet Jr., Ebony Collection. April 1968.
Photo: Pulitzer-prize winning photo of Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. comforting her daughter Bernice, age 5, during her husband's funeral in Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church
Moneta Sleet , Jr. (February 14, 1926 - September 30, 1996) is
best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph entitled “Deep
Sorrow”. He captured the photograph of a tearful Coretta Scott King
cradling her daughter Bernice at the funeral of the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Sleet was the first and only black man working for a
black publication (Ebony magazine) to win a Pulitzer Prize. |
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| Moneta Sleet , Jr. Source: auntada | myjet247 | kchr.ky.gov | |
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