An Alabama county has passed a resolution to preserve a jail cell where civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is believed to have been held months before he was assassinated in 1968.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama county is preserving what’s left of the lockup where officials say Martin Luther King Jr. served his final time behind bars just months before his assassination.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, goes to jail in Birmingham, Ala., May 8, 1963, after being convicted of parading without a permit.

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen, wh… ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote his letter on April 16, 1963. ... 1968) (center right) smile and greet supports as they as released from jail, Birmingham, Alabama, April 20, 1963.

Rev. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" - written 60 years ago next week - deserves to stand alongside "I Have a DReam" as the slain leader's greatest works.

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968, centre) visits Birmingham, Alabama, during the Birmingham campaign, October 22, 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of the Montgomery, Alabama state capital building on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery.