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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., here with wife Coretta. (Pat Candido/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., here with wife Coretta. (Pat Candido/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Pat Candido/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images