Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Rev. Martin Lurther King Jr. (1968 AP file photo)

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., in this March 22, 1956 file photo.

GENE HERRICK | AP
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking about his arrest for leading the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955-56.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is shown at an integration rally in Montgomery, Ala., May 21, 1961.

HORACE CORT | AP
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., front left, walks in the funeral procession for slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers in June 1963 in Jackson, Miss.

THE LEARNING CHANNEL | AP
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington, D.C. Aug. 28, 1963. The Washington Monument is in background.

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Civil rights demonstrators gather between the Washington Monument, left, and the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963, at the conclusion of a march on the capital led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Standing in front the Lincoln Memorial, whose steps are visible at right, King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. in this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo.

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Malcolm X smile for photographers in Washington March 26, 1964.

HENRY GRIFFIN | AP
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1964. Behind Johnson with mustache is Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. displays his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964. King was honored for promoting the principle of non-violence in the civil rights movement.

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Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights marchers head for Montgomery, Alabama's capital, in this March 21, 1965 file photo.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King lead freedom marchers in Montgomery, Ala. in 1965.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, chats with his wife, Coretta, left, and civil rights champion Constance Baker Motley before the start of an SCLC banquet in this Aug. 9, 1965 file photo in Birmingham, Ala.

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In a rare public appearance together, the leaders of Civil Rights groups conduct a news conference in Memphis, Tenn., in this June 7, 1966 file photo, in the wake of the shotgun attack on James Meredith near Hernando, Miss. From left, they are: Stokely Carmichael, leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Floyd McKissick, speaking, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks March 25, 1967 at the Chicago peace march.

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Martin Luther King Jr. at CSUS, Oct. 16, 1967.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stands outside the Southern Christian Leadership Conference offices in Atlanta, GA, in November 1967.

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., tells the media he may end up endorsing either Sen. Robert Kennedy or Sen. Eugene McCarthy for the 1968 Democratic Presidential nomination in this undated file photo.

ANTHONY CAMERANO | AP
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, second from left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shown in a moment of reflection in March, 1968, two weeks before his death.

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is shown on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968, the day before he was killed at that motel. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing in 1969 and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. From left, are: Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy.

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On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. He is seen here as he addressed a rally on the eve of his death.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., in this April 3, 1968 file photo. The following day King was assasinated on his motel balcony.

CHARLES KELLY | AP
This 1968 file photo was taken minutes after an assassin's bullet struck Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. According to the photographer, Joseph Louw, the men at right, several of Dr. King's aides, stand over King's body as they point out to police where they heard the shot.

JOSEPH LOUW | AP
Mourners waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. queue up outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta just after dawn in this April 9, 1968 file photo.

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The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. walk in the funeral procession of the slain civil rights leader, in Atlanta, in this April 9, 1968, file photo. From left: daughter Yolanda, 12; King's brother A.D. King; daughter Bernice, 5; widow Coretta Scott King; Rev. Ralph Abernathy; sons Dexter, 7, and Martin Luther King III, 10.

DON HOGAN CHARLES | AP
Coretta Scott King and her daughter Bernice, 5, are shown April 9, 1968, attending the funeral of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta, in this Pulitzer-prize winning file photograph taken by Moneta J. Sleet Jr., the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for photography.

MONETA J. SLEET, JR. | AP
A single flower rests on the base of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb in 1998.

JOHN BAZEMORE | AP

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