The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- and the civil rights struggle

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Little Rock, Ark., 19571963 Birmingham demonstrationBirmingham in 1963'I Have a Dream' speech'Impeach Earl Warren'At the Lincoln Memorial in 1963With Motley in 1965Antiwar march in 1967With Andrew Young in 1968The day before assassinationMLK Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr. with the Rev. Andrew Young. Young, who was named executive vice president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1968, was a chief ally and friend to King, taking a major role in the campaigns in Birmingham, Ala.; St. Augustine, Fla.; Selma, Ala.; and Atlanta. Young was with King in Memphis when King was killed in 1968.

With Andrew Young in 1968

( Associated Press )

Martin Luther King Jr. with the Rev. Andrew Young. Young, who was named executive vice president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1968, was a chief ally and friend to King, taking a major role in the campaigns in Birmingham, Ala.; St. Augustine, Fla.; Selma, Ala.; and Atlanta. Young was with King in Memphis when King was killed in 1968.

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