Strikers marched on Main Street as a result, and a standoff with police began. Officers used clubs and mace on the protestors, garnering the attention of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Police using mace on a crowd of people outside Goldsmith's Department Store on Main Street, Memphis, on February 23, 1968.

Thursday marked a monumental moment in American history as it was April 4, 1968 that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his tireless activism, his philosophical comm

Martin Luther ... four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal holiday. WATCH: Harris speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in ...