Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated across the country

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 15, 1929. King was a Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and civil rights leader who practiced peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience to protest racial inequality.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tenn., while planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., for the Poor People's Campaign. Riots broke out in cities around the U.S. in response to King’s death. (AP)

Each year, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated across the nation.

Here's a look.

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