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LIFE legend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee 50 years ago today on April 4, 1968. The photo pictured here is from the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom. He was marching along side other leaders including Rabbi Joachim Prinz, Eugene Carson Blake, Floyd McKissick, Matthew Ahmann, John Lewis and others. (Robert W. Kelley—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #MLK