As President Barack Obama is inaugurated today many will conjure up images of Dr Martin Luther King.

Mr Obama certainly did yesterday.

On the eve of his Presidential Inauguration, Barack Obama invoked the spirit of Martin Luther King by helping to decorate a community renovation project in Washington to honour the assassinated civil rights leader.

King's legacy has empowered a generation and American Presidents are keen to recognise that.

It was back in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to create a federal holiday to honour Martin Luther King. This holiday was observed for the first time on January 20th 1986.

Following President Bush's 1992 proclamation the holiday is now observed on the third Monday of January each year. So Martin Luther King Day was celebrated yesterday, the 19th January, the day before the inauguration.

Obama's decision to shape the final day of his pre-presidential life around Luther King says a lot. And there are other similarities.

Obama was just two years old when King shared his dream, and in 2004 when Obama burst onto the scene he paid homage to King.

Today over 730 cities in the United States have streets named after King.

King County in Washington rededicated its name in his honour in 1986 and even changed its logo to an image of his face.

King was voted second in Gallup's list of widely admired people of the 20th Century and third in the Greatest Americans poll conducted by AOL.

King plays an important part in the development of American Politics and needless to say his autograph and other items of memorabilia relating to him are experiencing a resurgence.

We are lucky enough to have one item available to you today. I must stress that this is the only item we have relating to Martin Luther King.

It is a signed hardback copy of his biography penned by L. D. Reddick in 1959. 'Crusader Without Violence'. A fantastic title, I'm sure you'll agree.

The book is clearly signed on the first free end page. As you would expect from such a man, the signature is very clear and fittingly bold.

This is one of those items that instills a certain amount of pride just by simply touching it.

President Obama is taking the next step in a journey that Martin Luther King started almost five decades earlier. What better time to remember the man, the 'crusader', who helped make this historic day possible?

I find it incredible that we are lucky enough to have such an item. It is a wonderful piece and one that I would personally recommend to you.

Martin Luther King had a profund effect on the world. He will be remembered.

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