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Dumas Wesley Community Center
Coverage of Dumas Wesley Community Center in the Nexus archive.
- Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
Clara Ester, a civil rights activist who assisted Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot in 1968, died at 78. She was a witness to King’s assassination in Memphis and later worked as a neighborhood organizer in Mobile, Alabama.
- Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
Clara Ester, an activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr.'s side after he was shot in 1968, died at 78. She was a witness to King’s assassination in Memphis and remained involved in civil rights activism, influenced by her pastor James Lawson. Ester recalled the events of April 4, 1968, and her efforts to assist King immediately after the shooting.