The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., March 22, 1956. King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott city buses in a campaign to desegregate the bus system, but a judge suspended his $500 fine pending appeal. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
(AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
Here is a look back at the American civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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