Photo by Michael Ochs. #MLK #MLKDay

Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses students at Sacramento State College on October 16 in 1967. Photo by Walter Zeboski. #OTD #MLK #MLKDay

On November 19 in 1964: Martin Luther King Jr. at Bimini where he came to write his speech of acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. Photo by Jim Kerlin. #OTD #MLK #MLKDay

John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at rally on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol on March 25, 1965. Photo by Charles Shaw. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King Jr. is attacked by States Rights Party member Jimmy Robinson as King tries to register at the Hotel Albert in Selma, Alabama, on January 18 in 1965. Photo by Horace Cort. #OTD #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Photo by Marion S. Trikosko. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

MLK escorts Black children to a formerly all-white school in Grenada, Mississippi on September 20 in 1966. #OTD #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. in St. Augustine, Florida on June 19, 1964 after learning that the U.S. Senate passed the civil rights bill. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his speech "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?" at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

On October 14 in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. Watch #MLK 's acceptance speech given on December 10, 1964: . #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

#MLK and his wife, Coretta Scott King, on March 22, 1956, after King was released from a Montgomery jail. Photo credit: AP. #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

#MLK points to a bullet hole in his rented home in St. Augustine, Florida on June 5, 1964. Photo credit: AP. #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Sammy Davis Jr. (left) and Martin Luther King Jr. in New York City on March 4 in 1965. Photo by Dave Pickoff. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. (left) and Ted Kennedy at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference banquet in Jackson, Mississippi on August 8 in 1966. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King Jr. testifies before the Senate Government Operations subcommittee in Washington on December 15, 1966. Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Photo credit: AP. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. (right) and Representative Adam Clayton Powell at a news conference at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York on November 14, 1965. Photo by David Pickoff. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

On September 30, 1958: #MLK , his mother Alberta Williams King (left), and his wife Coretta Scott King (right) during a news conference at Harlem Hospital where he was recovering from a stab wound following an attack by a woman. Photo by Tony Camerano. #OTD #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

Martin Luther King Jr. at a news conference in New York on December 4, 1964. Photo by John Lindsay. #MLK #MLKDay #MLKDay2021

This is the end of my first thread on #MLK . To access my second thread on MLK, click the tweet below. #MLKDay #MLKDay2021 https://twitter.com/JeffreyGuterman/status/1351175195575386112