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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

A visitor walks through the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. The memorial opened in 2011, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

MLK Memorial

( Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press / January 16, 2013 )

A visitor walks through the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington earlier this month. The original dedication was set for Aug. 28 but was postponed because of Hurricane Irene.

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