SOURCES SAY THE CHILD HAD
BRUISING AND THERE WERE SIGNS
OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AMERICANS ARE GATHERING TO
REMEMBER THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THE
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WAS
ASSASSINATED 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
ON THE BALCONY OF THE LORRAINE
MOTEL IN MEMPHIS.
HE WAS JUST 39.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL
IN WASHINGTON D.C., WHERE
PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS TODAY.
CBS2 NEWS'S MARK STRASBURG MAN
IS IN MEMPHIS FOR THE DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE.
Reporter: THE LORRAINE
MOTEL, WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. WAS ASSASSINATED 50 YEARS
AGO, TODAY STAGES A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE AND REFLECTION.
THE EVENTS KICKED OFF WITH
EXCERPTS FROM DR. KING'S SPELL
BINDING SPEECHES.
SOMEWHERE I READ THAT THE
GREATNESS OF AMERICA IS THE
RIGHT TO PROTEST FOR RIGHTS.
Reporter: COMMEMORATIONS
BEGAN TUESDAY EVENING AT THE
MEMPHIS CHURCH WHERE DR. KING
DELIVERED HIS LAST SPEECH.
HIS CHILDREN GATHERED AT THE
PULPIT TO CELEBRATE THEIR
FATHER'S WORK AND LEGACY.
OUR GOD DIDN'T BRING US THIS
FAR TO LEAVE US.
Reporter: MARTIN LUTHER KING
III TOLD THE CROWD THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT LIVES ON
THROUGH HIS FATHER'S MODEL OF
NONVIOLENT PROTEST.
I YOU BELIEVE THE COALITION
OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE ME
TOO MOVEMENT OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE FOLKS
COMING TO THE POLLS LIKE NEVER
BEFORE.
Reporter: SINCE THE
ASSASSINATION, THE MOTEL WHERE
DR. KING WAS SHOT HAS BECOME
THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS
MUSEUM, THE HOST OF TODAY'S
COMMEMORATION.
DESPITE THE CIVIL RIGHTS
PROGRESS, OVER THE LAST HALF
CENTURY, THE MUSEUM'S PRESIDENT
SAYS AMERICA NEEDS TO COMPLETE
DR. KING'S VISION OF PEACE AND
JUSTICE.
THE ISSUES PERSIST THAT DR.
KING CAME TO MEMPHIS TO FOCUS
ON, AND IN FACT IN SOME WAYS
THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.
Reporter: TODAY'S
REMEMBRANCE IS A REUNION OF THE
OLD GUARD.
THEY SEE THIS ANNIVERSARY AS A
REMINDER OF HOW FAR AMERICA HAS
