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Rev. T. J. Jemison with Martin Luther King, Jr

Rev. T.J. Jemison (left) shakes hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jemison's leadership during the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott served as a model for King's spearheading of the more publicized Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott of 1955.

Rev. T. J. Jemison with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Courtesy of Ernest Ritchie

Rev. T. J. Jemison with Martin Luther King, Jr. Ritchie, Ernest (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Ernest Ritchie
Collection LCV, Spring 2007 Volume 18, Number 1
Date 1953
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