Clara Ester: Witness to History | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Clara Ester, a courageous civil rights activist and one of the last eyewitnesses to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, has died at 78. At just 20, she rushed to King’s side after the shot rang out in Memphis, later becoming a lifelong advocate for justice through community organizing and church leadership. Her story, shaped by her pastor and the sanitation workers’ strike, is a powerful testament to resilience and service — and now, with Andrew Young, she may be the last living witness to that defining moment in history. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/99f89faf4d712982