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dr edwin s. shirley, jr. homegoing service progra , 10-7-2006.pdf
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Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.
Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.
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Dr. Edwin Samuel Shirley, Jr. Home-going Service program, October 7, 2006

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Dr. Edwin  S. Shirley, Jr. Home-going Service program, Saturday, October 7, 2006, 10:30 AM. Held at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Miami Florida at the Range Funeral Home.  Dr. Shirley was LaMonte Cooke's uncle.  He was Dr. Martin Luther King's physician. Dr. Shirley was also a member of the Grand Boulé Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity along with Dr. King. Shirley is the brother of the main character Dr. Donald Shirley in the movie The Green Book. Dr. Shirley's wife, Iris Mays Shirley, grew up on Cannon St. in Chestertown.  The house at 340 Cannon St. is still standing and is next to the house of mayoral candidate Armond Fletcher at 338 Cannon St.
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
October 7 2006
LaMonte Cooke
LaMonte Cooke
English
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Homegoing (Home-going), Cannon Street, Civil Rights Figures
Obituaries, Funeral service, Funeral service--Episcopal Church
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