Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
with his father and son 
in Atlanta, Georgia
March 22, 1963.
Photographed by Richard Avedon 

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APRIL 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

Forty-four years ago, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.

Watch this American Experience clip of King describing the teachings of the nonviolence movement.

King also shares his thoughts on Malcolm X’s criticism and President Kennedy’s strides to help the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, devoted to nonviolent social change, released on its website today some 200,000 never-before-seen documents from King’s life, including his transcript from Harvard, correspondence with President Kennedy, scribbled notes, telegrams, photographs, letters from his wife, and so on.

It’s laid out beautifully and is pretty amazing to see.