Fifty years ago Wednesday, the world lost Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to an assassin's bullet, but the civil rights leader's message stays with us.
When Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated 50 years ago, he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers seeking living wages and a union. King was focused on organizing the "Poor People's Campaign," an effort to bring people together across lines of race, religion and region to address poverty.
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ABC 7 sat down with the man who standing at King's side on that fateful day.
The Chicago History Museum is remembering the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a new exhibit.
April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the days leading up to anniversary of that fateful day, ABC7 Eyewitness News takes a look at the legacy he has left behind and talk to the people that keep his memory alive.