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  1. Victims. Martin Luther King Jr., 39. Date. April 4, 1968. 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 ...

  2. Apr 4, 2018 · Dexter King, son of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., meeting with James Earl Ray the man who confessed to killing King. Coretta King’s specific belief in Ray’s innocence is a ...

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  3. 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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  4. Apr 19, 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. Ray had been a small-time crook, a robber of gas stations and stores, who had served time in prison, once in Illinois and twice in Missouri, and ...

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  5. May 31, 2021 · Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4th, 1968, James Earl Ray stood in the bathroom bathtub, balancing his Remington rifle on the ledge of a window, and fatally shot King as the civil rights leader was standing on the second-floor balcony outside of his Lorraine motel room. Shortly after the shot was fired, eyewitnesses saw James ...

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  7. Apr 19, 2023 · James Earl Ray was a small-time criminal with a history of robberies and prison escapes. He had a deep-seated hatred for King and the civil rights movement. Ray’s Involvement James Earl Ray Fired. Ray fired the shot that killed King from the bathroom window of a nearby boarding house on South Main Street. Ray’s Fingerprints

  8. Mar 30, 2018 · His family believes James Earl Ray was framed. By Tom Jackman. March 30, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. ... or simply a patsy manipulated to kill a civil rights hero. ...

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