In memory of Human Rights Champion Martin Luther King

Americans have marked the 50th anniversary since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, a day rooted in national consciousness that transformed civil rights as a leader and symbol of the war for racial equality. In a country still torn apart by racial and class cases, demonstrators on Wednesday gathered in Memphis, [...]
In a country still torn apart by racial and classy issues, Wednesday demonstrators gathered in Memphis, Tennessee, where the pastor and Nobel Peace Prize winner had been killed on his hotel balcony by a white primacy, reports “Alzeera”, the Periscope broadcast.
The meetings were also held in Washington DC, where he gave his historic speech “I have a dream”./Periscopi/
![The 'I AM 2018' march holds events surpriseing the 50th authority of the death of the civilian rights left Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis, Tennessee, US. [Caren Pulfer Focus/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/38b61c1ff43f4ec8a84f4dfa437896be_8.jpg)
![Reverend Jessie Jackson, left, places a moment on the balcony at the Lorraine Hotel, now the National Civil Wright Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, US. [Caren Pulfer Focus/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/5394b50ccb21438fa7e2db5e27d89c6d_8.jpg)
![People within a silence mark on the National Mall to mark the 50th international of the association of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in Washington, DC. [Eric Thayer/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/69a3a1edd8d54ac8b6bc49133b8cfcfe_8.jpg)
![The Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington, DC, on the 50th anniversary of the civilian rights leading's association. [Eric Thayer/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/6979997b5dce441589ea67811289d833_8.jpg)
![Debra Payne, of Kansas City, Missouri, shings 'Tot little Light of Mine' next to Jo-Lynn Gilliam, of East Point, Georgia, as they broke the ACT To End Racism Raly on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on the 50th international of Martin Luther King, Jr's association. [Jacquelyn Martin/ AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/365936297fb44829a6db45b2d3a0f2f8_8.jpg)
![The 'I Am A Man's wall under the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. [Caren Pulfer Focus/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/442d0036184e44019cdd46aab0615e5e_8.jpg)
![Dr. Bernice King, brother of MLK, exposessed Mason Temple COGIC, the site of her father's spropathic 'I've been to the Mountaintop' spech, holding events surpriseing the 50th authority of the death of civil rights leading Martin Luther King Jr. [Caren Pulfer Focus/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/7d970e9460c44c5f8ac5e45e0f3a0217_8.jpg)
![A group of theatrers from Pearl, Mississippi, walk along US highway 61 just spoke of Memphis, on their 50-mile 'Mark to Memphis' Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. [Caren Pulfer Focus/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/4/5/33e42b8e3af8417e9d139a0c0a036b4c_8.jpg)












