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High angle view of the casket of assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., borne on a mule-drawn cart, during a massive funeral procession through the streets of King's hometown, Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)

High angle view of the casket of assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., borne on a mule-drawn cart, during a massive funeral procession through the streets of King's hometown, Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)