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A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)
A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)

A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)

Date4/10/1968
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  • A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)
  • A throng of mourners estimated at 20;000 - school-childen; businessmen; pensioners; housewives; unionists; civil rights leaders and civic officials - stood with bowed heads in the chill wind that swept Nathan Phillips Square yesterday to mourn for Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A throng of mourners estimated at 20;000 - school-childen; businessmen; pensioners; housewives; unionists; civil rights leaders and civic officials - stood with bowed heads in the chill wind that swept Nathan Phillips Square yesterday to mourn for Dr. Martin Luther King.
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