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11 iconic photos of Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after he was assassinated in Memphis
11 iconic photos of Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after he was assassinated in Memphis
Apr 4, 2018, 23:17 IST
King receives a kiss from his wife, Coretta Scott King, on March 22, 1956, after being released from a Montgomery jail.
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King rides a Montgomery bus on December 21, 1956, after the US Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of Alabama buses.
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King's mugshot after he was arrested in Birmingham on April 12, 1963 — Good Friday — for violating an anti-protest injunction.
King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on August 28, 1963.
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which about 250,000 people gathered, drew attention to the continuing inequality and struggles of African Americans.
King shakes hands with Malcolm X in Washington DC in March 1964.
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King points to a bullet hole in his rented St. Augustine, Florida home on June 5, 1964.
King stands behind President Lyndon B. Johnson as he signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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King meets with President Johnson in January 1965 at the White House to discuss the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which would be passed about eight months later.
King marches and civil rights marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 21, 1965, during their 50-mile march to Montgomery to protest voting laws.
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King delivers his last speech on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee.