Images of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Thu., Jan. 13, 2011

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 29--FILE--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead a march on behalf of striking Memphis sanitation workers March 28, 1968. The dignity of the march soon gave way to disorder as a group of about 200 youths began breaking windows and looting. King agonized over what had happened. Within a week, King was dead, killed by an assassin's bullet at Memphis' Lorraine Motel. (AP Photo/Sam Melhorn, The Commercial Appeal)

Sam Melhorn The Spokesman-Review
FILE--This 1958 photo of Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested in Montgomery, Ala., is part of an exhibit of Civil Rights Era photos entitled "We Shall Overcome" opening Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington. For what would have been the 69th birthday of King, the museum is launching a photo-history of the civil rights movement that will tour American cities between now and 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Moore/Smithsonian)

Charles Moore The Spokesman-Review
(NY22 April 1)ATLANTA-The mule-drawn casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads thousands of marchers away from the Atlanta skyline en route to funeral services in this 1968 file photo. The civil rights leader was assasinated 25 years ago in Memphis,Tenn. (AP Photo)(mc51030fls)1993

Tm Tm The Spokesman-Review
** FOR USE ANYTIME WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY FEATURES - FILE ** 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 assassinated on his motel balcony. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, file) ORG XMIT: APHS159

Charles Kelly The Spokesman-Review
** FOR USE ANYTIME WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY FEATURES - FILE ** The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second right, stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., in this April 3, 1968, file photo, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy. The 39-year-old Nobel Laureate was the father of non-violence in the 1960s American civil rights movement. (AP Photo, file) ORG XMIT: NY196
** FOR USE ANYTIME WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY FEATURES - FILE ** Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader, left, receives the Nobel Peace Prize from the hands of Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, in Oslo, Norway,in this Dec. 10, 1964, file photo. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NY195
** FOR USE ANYTIME WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY FEATURES - FILE ** Marchers stream across the Alabama River on the first of a five day, 50 mile march to the state capitol at Montgomery, Ala., in this March 21, 1965, file photo. (AP Photo, file) ORG XMIT: NY194
** FOR USE AS DESIRED ** FILE ** - 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. (AP Photo/File) ORG XMIT: NY119
FOR USE AS DESIRED: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is shown telling reporters he is "disenchanted" with President Johnson's Vietnam policies and may end up endorsing either Sen. Robert Kennedy or Sen. Eugene McCarthy for the 1968 Democratic Presidential nomination in this undated file photo. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)

Anthony Camerano The Spokesman-Review
** FILE ** 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. Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning. She was 78. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick) ORG XMIT: NY116

Gene Herrick The Spokesman-Review
** FILE ** Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., left, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, second from left, join pickets during a tour of an Atlanta slum area, in this Feb. 1, 1966 file photo. The two women carrying signs were protesting the arrest of Hector Black, a volunteer who was charged with trespassing while handing out blankets at an apartment in the area. Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2006. She was 78. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NY114
** FILE ** Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta, Ga, home, in this March 17, 1963 file photo. From left are: Martin Luther King III, 5, Dexter Scott, 2, and Yolanda Denise, 7. Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2006. She was 78. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NY112
** FILE ** Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2nd right, is is flanked by his wife, Coretta, right, and his secretary, Dora McDonald, center, as he is welcomed by Baptist youths on arrival in Oslo, Norway, in this Dec. 8, 1964 file photo. McDonald, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, just days before the national holiday that honors her former boss. She was 81. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NY112
Bayard Rustin, right, walks with Martin Luther King, Jr., in this 1956 file photo, location unknown. Rustin's faith led him to play a pivotal role in the U.S. civil rights movement. (AP Photo/File)