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Will D. Campbell, alone on the Lorraine Motel balcony, gazes out into the night. "This picture was probably made as soon as we got there," Groskinsky told LIFE.com. "When I saw him standing there, alone, I thought it looked as if he was just asking himsel history

The Night MLK Was Murdered: A Photographer’s Story

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963. history

March on Washington: Rare Photos From a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

Marian Anderson performs during her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial, April 9, 1939. history

The Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960 history

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960

Arkansas National Guardsmen prevent African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School, September 1957. destinations

Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine

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