23 Incredible Full-Color Pictures Of Martin Luther King Jr.

Iconic photos documenting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in full color, presented by Getty Images.

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Martin Luther King Jr. leading the second Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 1965.

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Leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom link arms on Aug. 28, 1963. Among those pictured (front row from left): John Lewis, Matthew Ahman, Floyd B. McKissick, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Eugene Carson Blake, Cleveland Robinson, and Rabbi Joachim Prinz. The march provided the setting for King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.

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King surrounded by reporters during a public address in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1962.

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King during a press conference on Dec. 4, 1964, holding up photos of three young civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi.

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King shaking hands with the crowd during the Freedom March on Washington, 1963.

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King waving to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights on June 21, 1964, in Chicago.

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Sitting for a portrait at Atlanta University, circa 1963.

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King watches president Lyndon B. Johnson speak about the Selma to Montgomery March while in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.

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King leads a prayer in a church before the second Selma to Montgomery civil rights march.

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Overview of crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial during King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech on Aug. 28, 1963.

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A view of civil rights demonstrators as they lock arms during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963.

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King while giving his "I Have a Dream" speech to a huge crowd gathered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

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American former politician Emily Taft Douglas speaks with King during one of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, 1965.

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King during a demonstration against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1965.

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View of the balcony where King was murdered on April 4, 1968.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson and advisers learn of the assassination of King.

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Streets ablaze from rioting following assassination.

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Smoke clouds billowing from fires set during the riots.

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Thousands of funeral marchers gathered outside Ebenezer Baptist Church prepare to walk five miles to Morehouse College where another service for King is held on April 9, 1968.

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Coretta Scott King wearing a black veil at the funeral of her husband in Atlanta.

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The family of Martin Luther King Jr. view his body as it lies in state at Sister's Chapel at Spelman College.

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Protesters marching following King's death, 1968.

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A mule-drawn wagon carrying King's casket is followed by dignitaries and thousands of people as it moves en route to Morehouse College for a memorial service.

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