Archivist update: Martin Luther King Jr.

This Monday marks the annual American holiday observed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the nonviolent activist and humanitarian leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which calls for the end of racism in the U.S., was delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial at the march and went on to become the defining speech of the civil rights movement.

Today, we feature photos of Martin Luther King Jr. from the Associated Press photo library that may be less familiar to wide audiences.

King Bus Boycott

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., March 22, 1956. King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott city buses in a campaign to desegregate the bus system, but a judge suspended his $500 fine pending appeal. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)

MLK RECOVERING 1958

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is embraced by his wife Coretta Scott King during a news conference at Harlem Hospital in New York, Sept 30, 1958, where he is recovering from a stab wound following an attack by a woman. At left is his mother, Alberta Williams King. (AP Photo/Tony Camerano)

KING BULLET HOLE

Integration leader Dr. Martin Luther King looks at a glass door of his rented beach cottage in St. Augustine, Fla. that was shot into by someone unknown on June 5, 1964. King took time out from conferring with St. Augustine integration leaders to inspect the house, which no one was in at the time of the shooting. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)

KING POOL HALL

During a visit to a pool hall, February 18, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., campaigning in Chicago, IL. for better living conditions for African Americans, demonstrates some proficiency with a cue. (AP Photo)

MLK

A makeup man puts a little powder on Martin Luther King's brow before a television program in Washington, Aug. 13, 1957. The president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference discussed the current racial situation on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs)

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks to an overflow crowd in Detroit?s Cobo Hall Arena on Sunday, June 24, 1963, following a ?Freedom March.? An estimated 100,000 ?walkers? paraded to the hall through downtown Detroit and gathered in the hall and overflowed outside to hear him speak on the rights of Blacks. (AP Photo)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Integration leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives word by phone that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as he lies in hospital bed in Atrlanta, Ga., October 14, 1964, where he went for a checkup. (AP Photo)

MLK St Augustine Boycott 1964

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reacts in St. Augustine, Fla., after learning that the senate passsed the civil rights bill, June 19, 1964. (AP Photo)

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT 1956

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. greets friends in the Montgomery Courthouse, March 20, 1956, as he arrived for the second day of his trial on a charge of violating Alabama's anti-boycott law. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)

MLK ABERNATHY VISIT ROME

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., left, and his aide, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, right, enjoy a day off sightseeing at Saint Peter's Square, on September 17, 1964, while visiting Rome, Italy, for an audience with Pope Paul VI. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Some of the 5,000 listeners to Dr. Martin Luther King, right, center, at the University of California took to the tress in the warm sunshine in Berkeley, California, May 17, 1967. “I still believe non-violence is the most potent weapon for the Negro for power and justice,” said Dr. King to his attentive audience. He used the traditional forum, the steps of Sproul Hall. (AP Photo)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Roadside weeds bend southward in the direction of Jackson, Mississippi as Dr. Martin Luther King leads some 300 marchers along U.S. 51 on the fifth day of the trek begun by James Meredith in Como, Mississippi on June 9, 1966. Dr. King, in light trousers, began marching at the head of the column. (AP Photo)

The Sixties at 50-MLK’s Nobel

In this Dec. 13, 1964, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, dance at the Malmen Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden where he was a guest of honor on the one year anniversary festivals for the Republic of Kenya. Three days earlier, Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Reportagebild, File)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. telephones aides during a stopover in afternoon on August 14, 1965 in Miami, Fla. Dr. King, enroute to San Juan, Puerto Rico on a speaking engagement, said he deplored the rioting in the black area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jim Bourdier)

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