TIME Photo Essay: The Last Days of Martin Luther King: Dr. King's life and death recalled in images. Black Power activists Stokely Carmichael, in dark glasses, and H. Rap Brown deemed Dr. King's nonviolent tactics outdated, and pressed for a more confrontational approach to the struggle for equality. PHOTO BY THEODORE K. COWELL / BLACK STAR
THEODORE K. COWELL / BLACK STAR
The Last Days of Martin Luther King: Dr. King's life and death recalled in images
Militant Challenge
Black Power activists Stokely Carmichael, in dark glasses, and H. Rap Brown deemed Dr. King's nonviolent tactics outdated, and pressed for a more confrontational approach to the struggle for equality
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FROM THE January 9, 2006 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Tuesday, January 3, 2006

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