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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Forty years ago, the nation lost a visionary. Let these three AJC video slideshows, with untold stories, transport you back to April 1968, when the world mourned the loss of Martin Luther King Jr.
King's premonition
People who knew King best discuss his suspicion that he would eventually meet an untimely end.
King's last moments
Watch as those closest to King tell stories never heard before surrounding the day he died.
Atlanta stands
Thousands flooded Atlanta's streets for King's funeral. Hear his daughter remember the day.
HISTORIC MLK ASSASSINATION COVERAGE
MLK PHOTOS
VIDEOS
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
Commission approves MLK design
Rick McKay / COX
A federal arts commission has approved nearly all of the plans for a four-acre national memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., but continued to express concerns about its towering statue of the civil rights leader. Here, the original maquette of the Martin Luther King Stone of Hope sculpture (left) sits next to the revised version (right). Story | Photos: Memorial plans
MLK stories
- Interactive timeline: King's life and legacy
- Security issue reworks King statue event
- King Center to honor Hillary Clinton, Truett Cathy
- Auditor to help Kings catalog MLK love letters
- John Lewis, King children see a dream come true
- Boeing gives $1M to King memorial
- MLK's 'Dream' speech honored as Obama reaches milestone
- Board to give $40 million to planned Atlanta civil rights center
- U.N. leader stops to see King papers
- Portraits of History: Memories of King from those who knew him
- Atlanta lost a hero when MLK died but kept the peace
- Questions linger about James Earl Ray
- U.S. Rep John Lewis calls for action to realize King's vision
- DeKalb's special brick honors King
- Sweet Auburn gives better understanding of King
- African American History museum previews mission
Remembering MLK's family
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