GALLERY: The photos of Gene Herrick

AP/Gene Herrick

In this March 22, 1956, file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife, Coretta, after leaving court in Montgomery.

AP/Gene Herrick

J. W. Milam, 36, and half-brother Roy Bryant, 24, confers with one of their lawyers just before pleading innocent, Sept. 6, 1955 at Sumner, Miss.

AP/Gene Herrick

Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956.

AP/Gene Herrick

Americans of the Seventh Division's 17th Regimental Combat team march along the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, right, on Nov. 25, 1950.

AP/Gene Herrick

An angry mob tries to overturn a car carrying Black passengers in Clinton, Tenn., in a file photo from Aug. 31, 1956.

AP/Gene Herrick

Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956.

AP/Gene Herrick

A grim battle experience is reflected in the youthful face of Pfc. William McLendon of Columbia, S.C. as he takes a breather in Korea, Sept. 12, 1950.

AP/Gene Herrick

Theresser Caswell, 13, of Claxton, Tenn., one of 12 African-American pupils attending the newly integrated Clinton High School.

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Former AP photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home on Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, file)

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GALLERY: The photos of Gene Herrick

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