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October 1961: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) arriving at London Airport. He is in England to be the chief speaker at a public meeting about colour prejudice and to appear on the BBC television programme 'Face To Face'. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)

October 1961:  American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929  - 1968) arriving at London Airport. He is in England to be the chief speaker at a public meeting  about colour prejudice and to appear on the BBC television programme 'Face To Face'.  (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)