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PHOTOS: Lasting Images Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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PHOTOS: Lasting Images Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rev. Martin Luther King, director of segregated bus boycott, brimming w. enthusiasm as he outlines boycott strategies to his advisors & organizers incl. (seated L-R) Rev. Ralph Abernathy & Rosa Parks who was the catalyst for the protest of bus riders
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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. being fingerprinted by police after his arrest during the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his family in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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PHOTOS: Lasting Images Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his family in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a sermon on May 13, 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King speaking from pulpit at mass meeting about principles of non-violence before leading assembly to ride newly integrated busses after successful boycott.
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Leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott stand at a bus stop and wait for a bus following the end of the year-long protest, Montgomery, Alabama, December 26, 1956. Among them are American Civil Rights Leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) (fourth from left), his wife, fellow Civil Rights activist Coretta Scott King (fifth from left), and Reverend Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990)
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American Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) delivers the 'Give Us the Ballot' address at the Prayer Pilgramage for Freedom event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, March 17, 1957.
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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. at Lincoln Memorial.
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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at 'Prayer Pilgramage for Freedom' at Lincoln Memorial.
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Civil Rights ldrs (L-R): Unident. man, Martin Luther King Jr., and A. Philip Randolph standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the Prayer Pilgrimage.
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US President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1965) meets with various Civil Rights leaders at the White House to discuss desegregation, Washington DC, June 23, 1958. Pictured are, from left, National Urban League Executive Secretary Lester Granger (1896 - 1976), President of the Southern Leadership Conference Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968), White House Administrative Officer E. Frederic Morrow (1906 - 1994), President Eisenhower, AFL-CIO Vice President A. Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979), Attorney-General William P. Rogers (1913 - 2001), Special Assistant to the President Rocco C. Siciliano, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981).
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American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) waves to the crowd on hand to greet him at the airport, Montgomery, Alabama, October 25, 1958. Reverend Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990) (left, with folder of papers under his arm) walks with him.
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Clergyman and civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) at a meeting.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Integration Conference.
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Portrait of the attendees at a conference about a sit-in movement by student leaders and their mentors, including Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) (fore C), Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1960.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching at his church.
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Civil Rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta, daughter Yolanda, 5, & Martin Luther III, 3, sitting together as they play piano in their livingroom.
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Civil Rights ldr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. escorted by police officers in courthouse as he is taken into a hearing on charges of probation violation following his arrest for assisting a student sit-
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The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968), delivering a speech.
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Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy , desegregation leader, with Martin Luther King Jr. (2R) and Dr. William G. Anderson (R), after his release from jail.
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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (R) addressing rally.
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Walter P. Reuther (Center L) talking to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Center R) at desegregation rally.
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1963: American Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) gives a press conference regarding an agreement reached on a 'limited desegregation plan' outside the Gaston Motel in Birmingham Alabama.
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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (L), Politicans John B. Swainson, (R) and Jerome P. Cavanaugh (Top) at desegretaion demonstration rally.
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American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) (center, pointig with right hand) leads a march to a rally against racial discrimination at Coho Hall, Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1963. Among those with him are Reverend Clarence Franklin (1915 - 1984) (third from left, holding King's right arm) and Detroit mayor Jerome Cavanagh (1928 - 1979) (second right).
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. giving his I Have A Dream speech during a civil rights rally.
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August 1963: American president John F. Kennedy in the White House with leaders of the civil rights 'March on Washington' (left to right) Whitney Young, Dr Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968), Rabbi Joachim Prinz, A Philip Randolph, President Kennedy, Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970) and Roy Wilkins. Behind Reuther is Vice-President Lyndon Johnson.
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Civil rights Leaders hold hands as they lead a crowd of hundreds of thousands at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. Those in attendance include (front row): James Meredith and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968), left; (L-R) Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981), light-colored suit, A. Phillip Randolph (1889 - 1979) and Walther Reuther (1907 - 1970).
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Close-up of American Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, DC, August 23, 1963. The march provided the setting for his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech.
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US civil rights leader Martin Luther KIng (C) waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial 28 August 1963 on the Mall in Washington DC (Washington Monument in background) during the 'March on Washington'. 28 August marks the 40th anniversary of the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech, which is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Martin Luther King was assassinated on 04 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray confessed to shooting King and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. giving his I Have A Dream speech during March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (aka the Freedom March).
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Screen capture from the CBS national broadcast of the 'I Have a Dream' speech of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. King Jr. delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to over 200,000 supporters at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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21st September 1963: Black American civil rights leader and Baptist minister Dr Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) raising his hands in a restaurant.
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Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King chatting head-to-head with Pres. Lyndon Johnson while sitting opposite him during his visit at the White House.
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Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (C), during the racial problems in Florida.
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12th August 1964: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) waves with his children, Yolanda and Martin Luther III, from the 'Magic Skyway' ride at the Worlds Fair, New York City. The ride was a replica of a Ford convertible.
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14th August 1964: American singer and actor Harry Belafonte Jr. (left) shakes hands with American civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) at Kennedy International Airport before he and his family board a Pan American jet bound for Conakry, Guinea, New York City. Belafonte was invited to Conakry by Guinea's president, Sekou Toure, to dedicate a theater and cultural center.
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10th December 1964: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) (left) receives the Nobel Prize for Peace from Gunnar Jahn, president of the Nobel Prize Committee, in Oslo.
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President Lyndon B Johnson (1908 - 1973) discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968). The act, part of President Johnson's 'Great Society' program trebled the number of black voters in the south, who had previously been hindered by racially inspired laws, 1965.
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American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) speaks at a rally held at the Robert Taylor Houses in Chicago, Illinois, 1960s.
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American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jnr (1929 - 1968) addresses a crowd in front of the Capitol Building in Montgomery, Alabama, following a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama.
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March 1965: Civil rights campaigner and clergyman Martin Luther King Jr.(1929 - 1968) leading a civil rights march in Alabama. His colleague and fellow clergyman Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990) is on the left.
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MARCH 1965: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. gives a speech in March 1965 in Washington, D.C.
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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968) makes a speech at a church in Selma, Alabama, 27th March 1965.
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OCTOBER 16: Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd on October 16, 1965 in New York City, New York.
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd on October 16, 1965 in New York City, New York.
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