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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Martin_Luther_King_JrMartin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

    Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

  2. www.history.com › topics › black-historyMartin Luther King Jr. Assassination - Facts ... - HISTORY

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    In the last years of his life, Dr. King faced mounting criticism from young African American activists who favored a more confrontational approach to seeking change. These young radicals stuck closer to the ideals of the Black nationalist leader Malcolm X (himself assassinated in 1965), who had condemned King’s advocacy of nonviolence as “criminal”...

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    At 6:05 p.m. the following day, King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he and his associates were staying, when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, at the age of 39. Shock and distress over the news of King’s death spa...

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    On June 8, authorities apprehended the suspect in King’s murder, a small-time criminal named James Earl Ray, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house near the Lorraine Motel carrying a bundle; prosecutors said he fired the fatal bullet from a bathroom in that building. Authorities found Ray’s fingerprints o...

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    Though Black and white people alike mourned King’s passing, the killing in some ways served to widen the rift between Black and white Americans, as many Black people saw King’s assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed. His murder, like the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, ra...

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  4. www.biography.com › activists › martin-luther-kingThe Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - Biography

    Jan 29, 2021 · The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon met his end on April 4, 1968, while seeking victory for the Memphis' struggling sanitation workers. By Tim Ott Updated:...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prijezda_I,_Ban_of_BosniaPrijezda I, Ban of Bosnia - Wikipedia

    Prijezda I ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пријезда I; pronounced [prǐjezda] (1211–1287) was a Bosnian Ban as a vassal of the Hungarian Kingdom, reigning 1250–1287. He was probably the founder of the House of Kotromanić . Biography. From Christianity to Heresy and back.

  6. www.britannica.com › event › assassination-of-MartinAssassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights ...

    At 6:01 pm, as he stood on the balcony, King was mortally wounded by a bullet that entered the right side of his face, fractured his jaw, exited his lower face, and reentered his body through the neck area, severing vital arteries and causing multiple fractures to his spine.

  7. www.history.com › news › martin-luther-king-1958How an Assassination Attempt Affirmed MLK’s Faith in ...

    Jan 15, 2019 · How an Assassination Attempt Affirmed MLK’s Faith in Nonviolence. The civil rights leader was attacked in 1958 by Izola Ware Curry, a decade before his murder. Updated: January 3, 2024 ...

  8. time.com › 5218982 › james-earl-ray-martin-luther-kingWhy James Earl Ray Killed Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 | TIME

    Apr 3, 2018 · 6 minute read. By Olivia B. Waxman. April 3, 2018 10:45 AM EDT. W ednesday marks 50 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the second-floor balcony near his room at the...