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Dr. Martin Luther King chatting with a little girl at Nickerson Gardens housing project in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964

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Dr. Martin Luther King arrives at LAX, 1965

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at civil rights rally at Los Angeles Coliseum, 1964

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr.

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