Updated: Jan. 12, 2024 at 2:21 PM
MLK Day: Life and legacy of civil rights icon (34 images)
By UPI Staff
Americans observe the holiday dedicated to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. every January near his birthdate: January 15, 1929. This year, the holiday falls on Monday. King was assassinated in 1968. Here is a look back at his life and previous celebrations of his legacy.
Samaelia Robinson, 5-years-old, peeks over a Martin Luther King, Jr. t-shirt, January 20, 1986, during the unveiling of a King mural at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library. cc/sp/files UPI
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San Francisco: Students from the A.P. Giannini Middle School prepare to march up Market Street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 1/16/1989. (UPI Photo)
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Sen. Edward Kennedy was greeted here on August 8, 1966 in Jackson, Mississippi, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (L) and Mississippi NAACP Field Director Charles Evers (R) as he arrived for a speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He told the group the U.S. should spend as much creating equal opportunities for Negroes as it does in Vietnam. (UPI Photo/Files)
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