King's legacy 40 years after his 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.
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