Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King ... As we pause to remember King’s legacy, here’s a look back at his defining years in pictures.

In Life Magazine, April 19, 1968, he manipulated the iconic photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s funeral procession to highlight the disparity between the number of black and white mourners.

As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back at some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s pictures with his family. Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King are snapped having a quiet ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. arrived in Memphis on April 3, 1968, with plans to support a sanitation workers' strike. It was storming on that night when he gave his final speech at Mason Temple.