<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.">assassinated in 1968</a>, is awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>.