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Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. conducted a memorial services for Armistead Phipps at the Valley Queen Missionary Baptist Church in Marks, Mississippi, on Sunday, June 12, 1966. Phipps died of a heart attack while taking part in the James Meredith March that King was leading as it went through Senatobia, Mississippi. King apologized for not wearing a tie while in the pulpit, but he had come to the area to lead marches and not funerals.
Title: Valley Queen Missionary Baptist Church - Marks, Mississippi
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