Photographer Steve Schapiro captured the moment in an image of King linking arms with fellow civil rights activists John Lewis, the Rev. Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy.

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We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...

2. Rosa Parks Often hailed as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Rosa Parks became a national icon in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. Born ...

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But the quest for equal civil rights for the community has been fraught with strife and violence. From bricks thrown at Stonewall to "Don't Say Gay" legislation, the fight for equality continues.

Around three dozen people showed up in OKC to honor a civil rights icon and protest the Trump administration's policies.

A few weeks later, O.F.C.C.P.’s acting director proposed slashing its staff by 90 percent. In fewer than two months, six decades of civil rights enforcement was essentially dead.

Another civil rights attorney, Walter Riley, has also known Siegel for some 30 years. Riley helped him with his 2014 campaign for mayor of Oakland. "He was a principled person," Riley said.