Civil Rights Movement (48 images)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a 1968 photo. (UPI Photo)

WAP63082803 - 16 JANUARY 1999 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famed "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963. The speech galvanized the nation's civil rights movements and led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. cc/sp/files UPI

WAP67032401 - 16 JANUARY 1999 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (R) president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, gestures during his new conference here March 24, 1967. At left is his aide, Reverend Andrew Young, Dr. King announced the resumption of regular activities is Chicago on a schedule similar to the one he maintained from January through November of the last year (1966). He said, "It is not too late, even with the failures of yesterday, to renew the effort and take some first steps toward the goals pledged last August. (1966)" cc/sp/files UPI

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a photo from 1966. (UPI Photo)