Hundreds of thousands of people, including presidential candidates and civil rights leaders, were rallied on Friday by an unrealized dream for a country of racial equality to mark the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination.
His calls for justice, equality and democracy were heard through the day in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was shot dead at a balcony in a motel on April 4, 1968 at 39 years old.
Thousands of people, black and white, including members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, marched miles in the rain to the Lorraine Motel with a wreath hanging on the balcony where King was last seen alive.
