http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr See pictures from the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-18T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo1 Rev. King waves to the crowd at the March on Washington, August 28,1963. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo2 Dr. King, addressing the crowd at the March on Washington, delivers his famous I Have a Dream speech. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo3 American Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.(1929 - 1968) stands in front of a bus at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott. Montgomery, Alabama December 26, 1956. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo4 Martin Luther King Jr is arrested by two white police officers in Montgomery Alabama on September 4, 1958. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo5 President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with Dr. King after the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo6 November 8, 1964 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. smiles with parishoners on the day it is announced that he has won the Nobel Prize for Peace. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo7 Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta, lead a five-day march to the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery in 1965. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo8 Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy. March 1965. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo9 Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the pulpit of Browns Chapel during the memorial service for Minister James Reeb. Unitarian minister Reeb was murdered by segregationists during the Selma-Montgomery civil rights marches. Selma, Alabama March 1965. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo10 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. October 1967. During an earlier arrest King wrote his famous http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo11 Dick Gregory and James Meredith walk alongside Martin Luther King Jr. on a rural road during the March Against Fear. Mississippi June 1966. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo12 Dr. King (left) and Stokely Carmichael (right) walk together during the March Against Fear in Mississippi June, 1966. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo13 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on May 26, 1966. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo14 Thousands of people follow the casket as the body of Martin Luther King is brought to the memorial service. Atlanta, Georgia April 9, 1968. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo15 Atlanta, Georgia April 9, 1968. Coretta Scott King listens to a sermon at the funeral of her husband Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo16 Robert Kennedy and his wife Ethel pay their respects to Coretta Scott King after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta, Georgia April 1968. http://www.history.com/photos/martin-luther-king-jr/photo16