MLK Funeral, Ebenezer to Morehouse, Atlanta, Apr 9, 1968

Walk in solemn silence with Funeral Procession for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College, Atlanta, April 9, 1968, a poignant Super 8 home movie that captures a nation’s farewell to a slain dreamer, unearthed from the estate of Detroit civil rights activists Edsel B. and Mary B. Stallings. This mid-century relic hums to life—April 9, 1968: mourners stream from Ebenezer Baptist, where MLK once preached, toward Morehouse, his alma mater. The shaky lens sways—black suits blend with bright scarves, marchers trudge, a mule-drawn wagon bears his casket, a humble echo of justice’s toil. Civil rights titans—Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King—stride beside national figures, grief etched in every step under Atlanta’s spring sun. Raw and unpolished, this Stallings’ footage whispers of a city’s sorrow and a movement’s resolve. Archival Moments revives this muted march—subscribe to mourn through more from the reels of history!