TIME Photo Essay: The Last Days of Martin Luther King: Dr. King's life and death recalled in images. Firemen under orders from local officials turn their high-pressure water hoses at demonstrators on the sidewalk in Birmingham, Ala. Images of the harsh crackdown flashed across America generating national outrage. PHOTO BY CHARLES MOORE / BLACKSTAR
CHARLES MOORE / BLACKSTAR
The Last Days of Martin Luther King: Dr. King's life and death recalled in images
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Firemen under orders from local officials turn their high-pressure water hoses at demonstrators on the sidewalk in Birmingham, Ala. Images of the harsh crackdown flashed across America generating national outrage
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FROM THE January 9, 2006 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Tuesday, January 3, 2006

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