“Dr. Martin Luther King, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.” That’s how Walter Cronkite reported the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, 50 year ago today.

+ MLK’s last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speech.

+ The Guardian: Martin Luther King remembered across US.

+ “This week, the US will indulge in an orgy of self-congratulation, selectively misrepresenting King’s life and work, as if rebelling against the American establishment was, in fact, what the establishment has always encouraged.” Gary Younge with an interesting look how much public (and media) opinion about MLK has changed over the past five decades. Martin Luther King: how a rebel leader was lost to history.

+ “Three weeks after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in 1968, the city council in Mainz, Germany, named a street for the slain civil rights leader—doing in just a few days what King’s birthplace of Atlanta took eight years to do. Memphis, Tennessee, the place where King was killed, also named a city street after him—but not until more than 40 years after his death.” NatGeo: Where the Streets Have MLK’s Name.

+ Vox: How America has — and hasn’t — changed since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, in 11 charts.

+ “When you see something that’s not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something.” Barack Obama and John Lewis discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy.