Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy commemorated on 53rd anniversary of his death WSBTV.com News Staff
The King family held a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday afternoon on the 53rd anniversary of the civil right’s leader’s assassination.
King was shot outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis in 1968. The ceremony was at 1 p.m. at the King Center Reflecting Pool along Auburn Avenue.
King’s children commemorated the anniversary of their father’s death on social media.
“53 years ago today. One week after my 5th birthday. You were gone,” Bernice King wrote. “Assassinated for answering a call to conscience, for speaking truth to power, for being a drum major for justice who sought to rid the world of racism, militarism and poverty. I miss you. Still. Always.”
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