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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., IS JOINED BY REMAINS OF WIFE, CORETTA SCOTT KING, IN UPDATED MAUSOLEUM AT KING CENTER

U. S. Rep. John Lewis, a close confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., before services for Dr. King and Coretta Scott King, as they are interred together in an updated mausoleum unveiled at the King Center in Atlanta on November 20, 2006. Ms. Kings casket was moved from a near-by temporary location on November 17, 2006, to the newly-constructed mausoleum 10 months after her death. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. (UPI Photo/John Dickerson).

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