Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images 12 Powerful Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the March on Washington

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders: Rare and Classic Photos

The March on Washington: Power to the People

The Night MLK Was Murdered: A Photographer’s Story

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960