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Photo by Michael Ochs. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King Jr. at an anti-segregation rally in Atlanta, Georgia on December 16 in 1963. Photo: AP. #OTD #MLK

Martin Luther King Jr in Selma, Alabama on January 2 in 1965. Photo by Horace Cort. #OTD #MLK

Martin Luther King, Jr. in St. Augustine, Florida on June 19, 1964 after learning that the U.S. Senate passed the civil rights bill. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay

On November 19 in 1964: Martin Luther King Jr. at Bimini where he came to write his speech of acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. Photo by Jim Kerlin. #MLK #MLKDay

On September 30, 1958: Martin Luther King Jr., his mother Alberta Williams King (left), & his wife Coretta Scott King (right) during news conference at Harlem Hospital where he was recovering from a stab wound following an attack by a woman. Photo by Tony Camerano. #MLK #MLKDay

Photo via U.S. National Archives: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King Jr. at a news conference in New York on December 4, 1964. Photo by John Lindsay. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses students at Sacramento State College on October 16 in 1967. Photo by Walter Zeboski. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Philadelphia on May 24 in 1962. Photo by Bill Ingraham. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King Jr. at a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia on April 25, 1967. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay

"I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 (audio only, good quality): . Photo credit: Getty Images. #MLKDay

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. ~ #MLK

Photo: Marion S. Trikosko.

Martin Luther King Jr. testifies before the Senate Government Operations subcommittee in Washington on December 15 in 1966. Photo: AP. #MLK #MLKDAY

Martin Luther King Jr. arrives in Washington, D.C. to testify before the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders on October 23 in 1967. Photo: AP. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama on May 21 in 1961. Photo by Horace Cort. #MLK #MLKDay

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. #MLK

Photo credit: LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. #MLKDay

Martin Luther King Jr. in Denver, Colorado on May 19 in 1967. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King, Jr. meets with the Executive Board of the Montgomery Improvement Association on April 24 in 1956. Photo by Horace Cort. #MLK #MLKDay

On October 14 in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. Watch #MLK's acceptance speech given on December 10, 1964: . #MLK #MLKDAY

"I have been to the mountaintop" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. in support of striking sanitation workers in Memphis on April 3, 1968: . This is my favorite #MLK speech. #MLKDay

Sammy Davis Jr. (left) and Martin Luther King Jr. in New York City on March 4 in 1965. Photo by Dave Pickoff. #MLK #MLKDay