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In this March 22, 1956, file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife, Coretta, after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)

Gene Herrick, AP photographer who covered the Korean war and civil rights, dies at 97

Associated Press

Retired photojournalist chronicled historic events

By CASEY FABRIS - Associated Press