Martin Luther King: An Assassination Remembered

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A Bullet Can't Kill A Dream

Only four of Martin Luther King's closest aides who were there to witness his murder are still alive. They gave TIME their perspectives and memories More »

Exclusive TIME-LIFE Photos

Rare and unpublished images of the civil rights movement from LIFE photographers More »
Photos: Coretta Scott King: 1927-2006

A life in pictures More »
Rare Photos of MLK Jr. at Home

Intimate photographs of the civil rights leader and his family More »
Photos: Martin Luther King in His Own Words

Martin Luther King's words still hold a stunning power and grace more than 40 years after his death in Memphis on April 4, 1968 More »
Multimedia: The Assassination of MLK Jr.

Four of the civil rights leader's closest aides recall the day of his death forty years ago More »
MLK's "Beyond Vietnam" Speech

In this non-fiction cartoon, John Goodwin, a young photographer in 1967, captures the iconic images of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at New York's Riverside Church More »