Viruses: Most viral sore throats accompany the flu or a cold:' When a stuffy-runny nose, sneezing, and generalized aches and pains accompany the sore throat, it is probably caused by one of the hundreds of known viruses. These are highly contagious and cause epidemics in a community, especially in the winter.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been an exceptional student since he was a child attending Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta. For high school, he attended Booker T. Washington High, also in Atlanta.
Martin Luther King is shown leading a group of black children to their newly integrated school in Grenada, Miss., escorted by folk singer Joan Baez and two aides, Andy Young (l.) and Hosea Williams (next to Baez). (Bettmann Archive via Getty Images)