Fifty years ago, on April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis. King helped organize the largest call for civil rights in our nation’s history. With his emphasis on nonviolent resistance, the country saw the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. On this historic anniversary, we’ve compiled a list of 50 ways to honor the work of Martin Luther King Jr.
