MLK 50

Stories and videos around “Hope & Fury: MLK, The Movement and The Media,” an NBC News documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Image: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., tells a press conference in Chicago

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Remembering the assassination of MLK 50 years later

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Take a look back at the news coverage from that day.

Mary Ellen Ford

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Woman kept silent about witnessing MLK's assassination, until now

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Daughter of MLK reflects on his life and impact

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Rep. Lewis on MLK: 'I lost a big brother'

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Analyzing MLK’s media strategy

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MLK’s March on Washington transforms a movement

FILE - In this March 7, 1965 file photo, clouds of tear gas fill the air as state troopers, ordered by Gov. George Wallace, break up a demonstration march in Selma, Ala., on what became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" The incident is widely credited for galvanizing the nation's leaders and ultimately yielded passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Bloody Sunday in Selma: Remembering the march

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Before Black Lives Matter, there was Black Power

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The lasting impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King

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Black journalists are the still unsung heroes of the civil rights movement

Image: Martin Luther King Jr

Chick Harrity / AP file

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Chris Hayes: The moral universe does not inherently bend towards justice

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Horace Cort / AP file

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Was MLK more like Black Lives Matter than we think?

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Martin Luther King Jr.: His life in pictures

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