Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died. She was 78 and died on July 9. Ester Grew up in Memphis attending Centenary United Methodist Church where her pastor was civil rights l...

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