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Ben Branch, Eye Witness to MLK Assassination, 1968

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Branch, Ben
Beckner, Tom
Thomas, Bill
Beifuss, Joan Turner
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968, Civil rights, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Lorraine Motel
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19680815_Ben_Branch_SS041
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Sanitation Strike Tapes
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http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33850
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This is an interview with Ben Branch, an eyewitness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was in Memphis to play with his band at the King rally, rehearsing at the Lorraine Motel.