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Jan 16, 2018 · The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek ...
Jan 10, 2024 · The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Finally, on July 19, 1968, the FBI caught up with Ray in London and extradited him to the United States. Ray pleaded guilty to the murder, something he ...
Apr 3, 2018 · APRIL 3, 2018. In his last years, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was grappling with many issues: workers’ rights, a sprawling protest movement, persistent segregation and poverty. We inherited ...
Statement by LBJ on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1968. America is shocked and saddened by the brutal slaying tonight of Dr. Martin Luther King. I ask every citizen to ...
Nov 2, 2021 · When civil rights leader and American icon Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 at age 39, it sent shockwaves around the world. King had just stepped out onto the motel’s second-floor balcony at 6:01 p.m. with associates like Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson on ...
Nov 8, 2023 · In March of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to lead a group of striking sanitation workers in peaceful protest amid threats against his life. The threats were real.
Apr 2, 2018 · When Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968, he was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers strike. Smith was a leader of a group called the Invaders, an organization with a militant reputation that helped protect the striking sanitation workers and help poor blacks.
