Headshot of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.


(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the civil rights movement; pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1954 to 1960; organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957; co-pastor (with his father) of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1960 until his assassination in April 1968; and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

President Lyndon Johnson sits facing three civil rights workers on a couch, from left to right, Walter Fauntroy, Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In Memory of President Kennedy”

  November 25, 1963
African American and white supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party holding signs in front of the convention hall at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey

“A Right to Vote”

  January 15, 1965
LBJ and Martin Luther King Jr. sitting at a table during a meeting

“A Very Complex Problem”

  July 7, 1965
LBJ and Martin Luther King Jr. sitting at a table during a meeting

“I Don’t Want to Be a Warmonger”

  July 7, 1965
LBJ and MLK sit together during a meeting in the Oval Office

LBJ, King, and the Watts Revolt

  August 20, 1965