Martin Luther King Jr. Video

NBC's Rehema Ellis interviews Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Joe Smitherman and others about the day known as "Bloody Sunday," when brutal police attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama shocked the nation.

Barack Obama speaks about the role race has played in his presidential campaign, the criticism of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and his own perspective on the history of race relations in the United States. This is the full, uncut version of the speech.

NBC's Lester Holt revisits the story of Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Within days of her arrest, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called on black citizens to boycott segregated public buses.

Rep. John Lewis recalls May 4, 1961, when 7 whites and 6 blacks traveled south to test a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw segregation in public transportation. Attorney General Robert Kennedy intervenes on behalf of these Freedom Riders.

On April 4, 1968, escaped convict James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. Roads to Memphis is the fateful narrative of this killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society at that time.

A compelling, original and highly readable account of the landmark week between Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination and his funeral.

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He is an iconic figure in the history of African American civil rights. WatchMojo learns more about the life, accomplishments and assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.