Jan 16, 2023 - World
In photos: How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired Latinos
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An MLK mural in South Central Los Angeles where Hispanic immigrants have transformed the once predominately Black area on March 16, 1998. Photo: David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images
Hoping to organize a march against poverty, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was working with Mexican American civil rights leaders in Texas and California a few months before his assassination.
Through the lens: These photos show how many Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America have been inspired by King in their pushes for human and civil rights and immigration reform.
