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Moneta J. Sleet Jr. (February 14, 1926 – September 30, 1996) was an American press photographer best known for his work as a staff photographer for Ebony magazine. In 1969 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his photograph of Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, at her husband's funeral.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Harrisonburg was named for Thomas Harrison (1704–1785), an early settler. [20]The earliest documented English exploration of the area prior to settlement was the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition, led by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood, who reached Elkton, and whose rangers continued and in 1716 likely passed through what is now Harrisonburg.
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Roughly bounded by Kelley, Hill, Sterling, and Gay Sts., Harrisonburg, Virginia Coordinates 38°27′12″N 78°51′31″W / 38.45333°N 78.85861°W / 38.45333; -78
Over 14,000 people gathered for Coretta Scott King's eight-hour funeral at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, on February 7, 2006, where daughter Bernice King, who is an elder at the church, eulogized her mother.
A photo that Vice President Kamala Harris shared on Instagram has gone viral for what commenters noted was the distinct absence of President-elect Donald Trump from the frame.
Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,757. [1] Its county seat is the independent city of Harrisonburg.