Pledging to carry on his mission, thousands mark 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.`s death
(LA Times Dodgers)

For Cleophus Smith, who has labored as a sanitation worker in Memphis for half a century, it was important to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.´s death by marching a mile and a half in his honor. Dressed nattily in a tweed jacket, blue tie and polished brown leather shoes,...