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Clara Ester: Last Witness to MLK's Assassination | Bangor News
Clara Ester, the last living eyewitness to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, has died at 78, leaving behind a legacy of courage and compassion forged in the heart of the civil rights movement. Just 20 when she rushed to King’s side after the fatal shot in Memphis, Ester was deeply shaped by her faith, her pastor Reverend James Lawson, and the sanitation workers’ strike. She vividly recalled King’s powerful, eerily prescient speech the night before his death. After the tragedy, she was questioned by police and briefly left Memphis, but returned to dedicate her life to community…
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