Historic Martin Luther King, Jr. photos
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WASHINGTON, : More than 200,000 civil right supporters gather 28 August, 1963 on the Mall in Washington DC ( Washington Monument in background) during the "March on Washington", that US civil rights leader Martin Luther King,Jr. said the march was "the greatest demonstration of freedom in the history of the United States." King delivered his "I have a dream" speech during the rally, which is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 28 August, 2003 marks the 40th anniversary of the speech. King was assassinated on 04 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray, who confessed to shooting King and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. AFP PHOTO/FILES (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
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