Montgomery, Ala. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, accompanied by the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, is booked by city police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 23, 1956.
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Montgomery, Ala. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed by his wife, Coretta, after he leaves court in Montgomery, Ala., on March 22, 1956. King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott city buses in a campaign to desegregate the bus system, but a judge suspended his $500 fine.
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Montgomery, Ala. — King, center, rides a newly integrated bus Dec. 21, 1956. In front of King, left, is the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, and to King's right is the Rev. Glenn Smiley of New York.
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Washington — King speaks at a demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial as civil rights leaders called on the government to put more teeth in the Supreme Court's desegregation decisions.
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Atlanta — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Atlanta in 1960.
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Montgomery, Ala. — King attends an integration rally in Montgomery, Ala.
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Birmingham, Ala. — Police intercept King, front, and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy after the two men led a line of demonstrators into the business section of the city.
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Washington — Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington.
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Washington — King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence."
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Los Angeles — The Rev. John Burt, seated at far right, listens as Martin Luther King Jr. addresses 15,000 people at the L.A. Coliseum during an interfaith rally in 1964. Burt helped organize civil rights rallies in Los Angeles.
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New York — King and Sammy Davis Jr. share a laugh in Davis' dressing room at New York's Majestic Theatre after a performance of the musical "Golden Boy."
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Montgomery, Ala. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. locks arms with aides as he leads a march of several thousands to the courthouse. From left: The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, James Foreman, King, Jesse Douglas Sr. and John Lewis.
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Selma, Ala. — King, at right in the foreground, holds hands with his wife, Coretta, on the first day of a five-day march to the state Capitol in Montgomery.
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Montgomery, Ala. — King, third from right; his wife, Coretta; and the Rev. D. F. Reese lead the way to the state Capitol on a walk demanding voter registration rights for blacks. Thousands participated in the walk, which began in Selma, Ala.
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Georgia — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta, lead a march.
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Boston — King uses a bullhorn to address a crowd. In Boston to lead a civil rights march, he toured the city's Roxbury section to see schools in a predominantly African American district and urged people to participate in the march.
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Chicago — Some 10,000 people gather in Grant Park for a march to City Hall, protesting segregation in schools.
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Philadelphia, Miss. — Neshoba County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price, left, halts a march led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy. The march was held in memory of three civil rights workers killed two years earlier.
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Philadelphia — King says at a news conference that white people who contribute financially to the civil rights movement apparently were scared off by the slogan "black power."
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Sacramento — King tells students at Sacramento State that the Vietnam War works against the drive for African American equality, as it takes away money from the domestic war on poverty.
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Alabama — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gives a speech.
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Memphis, Tenn. — A police officer uses a nightstick on a young person after the breakup of a march led by King. Black leaders accused the police of brutality. Police said they did what was necessary to restore order.
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Memphis, Tenn. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel a day before his assassination. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy.
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St. Paul, Minn. — Richard Nunn shows Jovan Olson a picture of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a rally in Minnesota's Capitol. The rally was to commemorate King's birthday and to call for a state holiday in his name.
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