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Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
The civil rights activist later led a Mobile community center and was questioned by police after rushing to King’s side, according to her obituary.
- Civil rights activist Clara Jean Ester, who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot in 1968, died on July 9 at 78 years old.
- Ester, then a 19-year-old student at LeMoyne-Owen College, was present at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968, when King was assassinated on the balcony.
- She attempted to aid King after the shooting, trying to loosen his belt and asking for towels to staunch the bleeding. Ester later participated in the 1968 sanitation workers' strike while studying at LeMoyne-Owen College.
- Visitation for Ester will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Centenary United Methodist Church, located at 584 E McLemore Avenue, with burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Commissioned as a deaconess in the United Methodist Church in 1986, Ester served as national vice president of United Methodist Women, maintaining lifelong commitment to faith and community service.
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Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78.
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