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View of speakers and mourners at the funeral of assasinated American minister and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King (1929-1968) with mourners, including Reverend Jesse Jackson (far right holding flag) paying their respects in front of the casket in Atlanta, Georgia on 9th April 1968. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

View of speakers and mourners at the funeral of assasinated American minister and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King (1929-1968) with mourners, including Reverend Jesse Jackson (far right holding flag) paying their respects in front of the casket in Atlanta, Georgia on 9th April 1968. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)