Chasing King's Killer by James L. Swanson

Author:James L. Swanson [L. Swanson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

But then something strange happened. After the graveside ceremony was over and King’s family and associates had departed, bereaved mourners did something bizarre. They wanted to possess a tangible link to their hero, and a few days later, a headline in JET magazine revealed what they had done: “Souvenir Seekers Strip Dr. King’s Grave.” The story reported the details: “A plainclothesman stood guard over the white marble tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urging visitors not to [disturb] the heaps of flowers wilting on the grave. Many of the wreaths were stripped by souvenir seekers shortly after Dr. King was interred … but police put a stop to the practice once they took up the watch. South-View Cemetery … was sealed off by four officers from midnight to dawn to prevent any tampering with the crypt.”

Other souvenirs appeared soon. Pin-back buttons with King’s portrait materialized overnight after the assassination and were worn on jacket lapels. Cardboard hand fans bearing King’s color portrait and stapled to carrying sticks of cardboard also became popular. For years to come, black-owned businesses across the country printed their logos on the backs of fans and continued to hand them out as keepsakes.

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