President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2019. They placed a wreath to commemorate the slain civil rights leader. Pete Marovich/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on Monday, Jan. 21, to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
King, a Baptist pastor who advocated for nonviolence, racial brotherhood, and rights for all, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assassinated in 1968.
