Martin Luther King Jr.
In April 1968, the nation lost a visionary. Let these three AJC video slideshows, with untold stories, transport you back to that time, when the world mourned the loss of Martin Luther King Jr.
Part 1: A premonition
People who knew King best discuss his suspicion that he would eventually meet an untimely end.
Part 2: Last moments
Watch as those closest to King tell stories never heard before surrounding the day he died.
Part 3: The funeral
Bernice King remembers April 9, 1968, as she sat at her father's funeral and heard his voice.
HISTORICAL MLK ASSASSINATION COVERAGE
ABOUT MLK
- Interactive timeline: King's life and legacy
- Funeral wagon exhibit at historic site
- Civil rights sites | Photos
MLK PHOTOS
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MLK EDITORIALS
- Cynthia Tucker: MLK provoked us to be better
- Rep. John Lewis: 'We all live in the same house'
- Tell us: What's changed since King's death?
- Angela Tuck: MLK's profound legacy touches two journalists
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Flame still burns
Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children -- Bernice King and Martin Luther King III -- light the flame at the King Center on the 41st anniversary of their father's slaying. • Photos
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