Marchers walked through Austin on Monday to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights leader fought against racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. He was assassinated in 1968.
The Austin Area Heritage Foundation organized the annual march, which began on the UT Austin campus, traveled to the Texas state Capitol and then headed through East Austin to Huston-Tillutson University.
![People gather around Martin Luther King Jr. statue on UT Austin campus.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/797df53/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_day_2020_ut_campus.jpg)
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![Kennedi Jeffries, who won the local Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition, speaks.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b44f128/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5300x3533+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmartin_luther_king_jr._oratory_competition.jpg)
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![Martin Luther King Jr. marcher holds sign saying "Live the Dream, Be Love"](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/723082f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3840+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_day_signs_austin.jpg)
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![Martin Luther King Jr. marchers walk to the Texas State Capitol.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f561eca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4974x3316+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmartin_luther_king_jr._march_2020.jpg)
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![Martin Luther King Jr. marchers walk the streets of Austin.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f526bb4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3840+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_march_austin_2020.jpg)
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![Paul W. Darby III, George L. Cleveland Jr. and Lawrence O. Williams Sr. hook arms in front of the Capitol.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5a9799e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5516x3759+0+0/resize/880x600!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_day_capitol_2020.jpg)
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![Crowds gather to listen to speakers at the Capitol before marching.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b03581f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5399x3599+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_in_front_of_capitol.jpg)
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![The Soul Raider Band from Northeast Early College High School performs during the march.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6c07d10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5258x3505+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fsoul_raiders_marching_band.jpg)
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![J.J. January waves to crowds outside of the Victory Grill along the march route.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/525b359/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4908x3272+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fvictory_grill_austin_mlk_march.jpg)
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![Dwight Carrington, D'Aire Best and Paislee Bodary sit along the march route.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/57c8e1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5342x3561+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkut%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fmlk_day_community_march.jpg)
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