Photo: #A wreath marks the location where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death on the second floor of the Lorraine Hotel, now part of the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee. April 4, 2008 will mark the 40th anniversary of King's death.
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A wreath marks the location where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death on the second floor of the Lorraine Hotel, now part of the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee. April 4, 2008 will mark the 40th anniversary of King's death. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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King's legacy 40 years after his death


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Forty years ago Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, a day after delivering one of his best known speeches. In the "mountaintop" speech, King talked about a future of better opportunities and equality between blacks and whites. Two who worked for King and study his work talk about how to continue improving the lives of people held back by racism.

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  • Harry Boyte: Fellow at the Humphrey Institute. He was the field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
  • Tenisha Armstrong: Associate director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Stanford University. She is a coeditor of "The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia.

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