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Martin Luther King 50th Anniversary March

People gather for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn.

People gather for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn.

  (Mark Humphrey / AP)

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Thousands marched and sang civil rights songs Wednesday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the “apostle of nonviolence” silenced by an assassin 50 years ago.

Marchers hold signs

People hold signs resembling the signs carried by striking sanitation workers in 1968 as they join in events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  (Mark Humphrey / AP)

Martin Luther King III and Al Sharpton

Martin Luther King III, right, and Rev. Al Sharpton, second from right, join in a march commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  (Mark Humphrey / AP)

Marchers in Memphis

People march Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn.

  (Mark Humphrey / AP)

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