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A federal marshal reads a court order halting a planned voter registration protest march at Selma, Ala., March 9, 1965. The order was read after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- standing behind fellow marcher Andrew Young who had his arms folded -- led about 2,000 persons from a church to a bridge over the Alabama River. The marchers were allowed to continue over the bridge but then were turned back. The other civil rights activists standing with King and Young are not identified. (AP Photo)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks to newsmen in the White House lobby on Feb. 9, 1965, after conferences with President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and Acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. King quoted President Johnson as saying the Justice Department is working on a bill to secure voting rights for Negroes. (AP Photo/HB)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks to newsmen in the White House lobby on Feb. 9, 1965, after conferences with President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and Acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. King quoted President Johnson as saying the Justice Department is working on a bill to secure voting rights for Negroes. (AP Photo/HB)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks to newsmen in the White House lobby, Feb. 9, 1965, after conferences with President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and Acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. King quoted President Johnson as saying the Justice Department is working on a bill to secure voting rights for Negroes. (AP Photo/HB)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks to newsmen in the White House lobby on Feb. 9, 1965, after conferences with President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and Acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. King quoted President Johnson as saying the Justice Department is working on a bill to secure voting rights for Negroes. (AP Photo/HB)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, leads a group of civil rights workers and Selma black people in prayer on Feb. 1, 1965 in Selma, Alabama after they were arrested on charges of parading without a permit. More than 250 persons were arrested as they marched to the Dallas County courthouse as part of a voter registration drive. (AP Photo/BH)
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pauses in front of the Hotel Albert after leading a successful challenge this past week of Selma's historic segregation barriers, Jan. 22, 1965. Dr. King registered at the century-old hotel and then lead a march to register blacks to vote at the county courthouse. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson)
Jan 01, 1965 - Washington, DC, USA - The most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and was one of America's greatest orators, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. pictured with his wife CORETTA SCOTT KING. King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, talks to reporters at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on December 18, 1964, following a conference with U.S. President Johnson. King quoted the president as saying Johnson was determined to end discrimination in voting privileges. (AP Photo)