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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled the United States and was captured in the United Kingdom.
Apr 4, 2018 · For some 50 years, the federal government has maintained that James Earl Ray was the gunman who assassinated King that day. But within Martin Luther King’s family, there remains a...
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Apr 3, 2018 · James Earl Ray, a career criminal who had briefly served in the U.S. Army, shot the advocate of non-violent resistance.
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Jan 10, 2024 · James Earl Ray is infamous for killing civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Learn about his criminal background, wife, death, and more.
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May 28, 2024 · James Earl Ray (born March 10, 1928, Alton, Illinois, U.S.—died April 23, 1998, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American assassin of the African American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Apr 24, 1998 · James Earl Ray dies at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital while serving 99-year sentence for assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr; he was 70; Ray had been treated for liver disease...
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Jan 28, 2010 · Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.
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