![Gene Herrick FILE - In this March 22, 1956, file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife, Coretta, after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2be3b4d66544490db54d4390bdb96c36/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this March 22, 1956, file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife, Coretta, after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)
![Gene Herrick A grim battle experience is reflected in the youthful face of Pfc. William McLendon of Columbia, S.C., as he takes a breather under a tree near the Masan sector in Korea, Sept. 12, 1950. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/df0f7e3b5e884729a51b631c75fbbb8c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A grim battle experience is reflected in the youthful face of Pfc. William McLendon of Columbia, S.C., as he takes a breather under a tree near the Masan sector in Korea, Sept. 12, 1950. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, file)
![Gene Herrick FILE - An angry mob tries to overturn a car carrying Black passengers in Clinton, Tenn., in a file photo from Aug. 31, 1956. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6b3405052c4f4757bd8cf6e0f70a3229/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - An angry mob tries to overturn a car carrying Black passengers in Clinton, Tenn., in a file photo from Aug. 31, 1956. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)
![Gene Herrick FILE - Americans of the Seventh Division's 17th Regimental Combat team march along the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, right, on Nov. 25, 1950, after reaching the border town of Hyesanjin to climax their daring drive north. Snow-covered hills of Manchuria loom over river at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/110ae903ebdd40f4ab47feb72eec7f91/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Americans of the Seventh Division's 17th Regimental Combat team march along the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, right, on Nov. 25, 1950, after reaching the border town of Hyesanjin to climax their daring drive north. Snow-covered hills of Manchuria loom over river at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
![Stephanie Klein-Davis FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2016, photo, Gene Herrick smiles during an interview at his home in Rocky Mount, Va. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/341b9c3b345243e89145ef1a7bbad8e8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2016, photo, Gene Herrick smiles during an interview at his home in Rocky Mount, Va. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP, file)
![Gene Herrick Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are her legal team, Thurgood Marshall, tall man at center, and Arthur Shores, carrying coat at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d4c970dc5e184af0bff420f33d93f16f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are her legal team, Thurgood Marshall, tall man at center, and Arthur Shores, carrying coat at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
![Gene Herrick FILE - Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ee984cdafa1e4806b230a74009fda8e0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)
![Allen G. Breed FILE - Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3ed2d9517cd04ee5984a94ba233c7c27/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, file)
![Gene Herrick J. W. Milam, 36, and half-brother Roy Bryant, 24, confers with one of their lawyers J.W. Kellum, right, just before pleading innocent, Sept. 6, 1955 at Sumner, Miss. They were charged with kidnapping Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black youth who they claim "made some remarks" and whistled at Bryant's wife. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bf76792113614ccbab147b154343b3a6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
J. W. Milam, 36, and half-brother Roy Bryant, 24, confers with one of their lawyers J.W. Kellum, right, just before pleading innocent, Sept. 6, 1955 at Sumner, Miss. They were charged with kidnapping Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black youth who they claim "made some remarks" and whistled at Bryant's wife. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, file)
![Stephanie Klein-Davis FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2016, photo, Gene Herrick listens in an interview at his home in Rocky Mount, Va. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/79afa5e12a194ef082802466058e0131/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2016, photo, Gene Herrick listens in an interview at his home in Rocky Mount, Va. Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 97. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP, file)
![Gene Herrick Theresser Caswell, 13, of Claxton, Tenn., one of 12 African-American pupils attending the newly integrated Clinton High School, walks to the front entrance as fellow schoolmates peer out of windows, in Clinton, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1956. A newsreel cameraman is at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ef8984ebe3584ab7b503d77393047188/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Theresser Caswell, 13, of Claxton, Tenn., one of 12 African-American pupils attending the newly integrated Clinton High School, walks to the front entrance as fellow schoolmates peer out of windows, in Clinton, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1956. A newsreel cameraman is at right. Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday, April 12, 2024 at a nursing home in Rich Creek, Virginia. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)