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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 2008These photos are taken from the Associated Press. The first few are generic shots, that hopefully don't need a description to understand.
Just in case, the motel photographs are taken from the location were Dr. King was assassinated.
Take a second and let everything sink in once your are done. There aren't many photographs here, but they can have a mighty blow once the truth of just a simple picture sinks in.
Some of these photographs, especially the final one, gave me chills. Remembering a man so great is tough to do, but it must be done.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., attends a news conference in Birmingham, Ala. in this May 9, 1963 file photo. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated when he was only 39. Now, four decades later, the anniversary of his death is marked by a documentary that explores his life and legacy. "King," which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT on History, revisits signal moments from his fight for civil rights: the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.; the march in Selma; his incarceration in Birmingham; the march on Washington and his speech where he declared unforgettably, "I have a dream." His tragic death in Memphis.
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King gestures during a speech at a political rally in Montgomery, Ala., in this April 29, 1966 file photo. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated when he was only 39 .Now, four decades later, the anniversary of his death is marked by a documentary that explores his life and legacy. "King," which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT on History, revisits signal moments from his fight for civil rights: the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.; the march in Selma; his incarceration in Birmingham; the march on Washington and his speech where he declared unforgettably, "I have a dream." His tragic death in Memphis.
Martin Luther King Jr., second right, and SCLC aides Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson Jr., from left, and Ralph Abernathy return to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis to strategize for the second Sanitation Worker’s march led by King in this April 3, 1968 file photo. King was shot dead on the balcony April 4, 1968. The photograph is part of the exhibition "From Memphis to Atlanta: The Drum Major Returns Home" at Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site April 4-August 31, 2008.
This April 1968 photo released by the MLK Jr. National Historic Site, Martin Luther King Jr.s’ body is carried to Morehouse College in Atlanta, on a mule-drawn wagon accompanied by his aides dressed in denim attire. The wagon, mules and denim clothes symbolized the Poor People’s Campaign. The photograph is part of the exhibition "From Memphis to Atlanta: The Drum Major Returns Home" at Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site April 4-August 31, 2008.
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Great men as Dr. Martin Luther King Junior shall never die just like his messages.
