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- Shot at 6: 01PM on April 4, 1968
- Pronounced dead at 7: 05PM that same evening
- 39 years old at time of death
- Was staying in Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel
- The motel is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum
- King had survived previous assassination attempts including a bombing at his home in Montgomery, Alabama
- Had given his I've Been to the Mountaintop speech the night before at the Mason Temple
- Last words were a request for the hymn Take My Hand, Precious Lord at a gathering later that evening
- Popular conspiracy theories involve Green Beret snipers, Mafia hitmen, and and anti-Communist preacher
- The sanitation strike was settled in favor of the workers shortly after King's death
- Jesse Jackson was a close friend of King's, and was with him when he was assassinated
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American civil rights activist Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 while staying at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Visiting Memphis
Reverend King—who lived in Montgomery, Alabama at the time but frequently visited Memphis—had returned to Memphis on April 3 to support a local sanitation workers' strike. The night before he was assassinated, he gave a speech which, among discussing numerous issues, appeared to foreshadow his imminent death.The assassination
As he was leaving his room the next day to visit a local reverend, King was shot on the balcony outside of his motel room. A single bullet struck King in the face, but did not immediately kill him. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital later that evening.The aftermath
News of King's assassination sparked violent riots in cities across the country, many of which were only quelled after units from the National Guard were deployed. President Lyndon Johnson declared a national day of mourning on April 9, the same day as King's funeral. Escaped convict James Earl Ray was convicted after being apprehended in a two-month manhunt, and served a life sentence after pleading guilty to the assassination.Conspiracy theories
Strange circumstances surrounding the assassination are a popular source for a number of conspiracy theories which indict different groups for the assassination, from branches of the United States government and armed forces to organized crime syndicates.-
MLK Assassination on Amazon
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The 13th Juror: The Official Transcript of the Martin Luther King Assassination Conspiracy Trial - $29.95
For fourteen days in the winter of 1999, just blocks away from the site of Dr. King's assassination, one of the most infamous assassination mysteries was being solved in Memphis, T...Amazon
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To Live Or Maybe Not: Autobiographical Work of Gary Revel - $9.95
Details of the life of Gary Revel in a short autobiographical literary work.Amazon
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The March on Washington & The Civil Rights Movement featuring Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Anderson, A. Philip Randolph, Odetta & Joan Baez (1963) - $19.99
On March 18th, 1963, 250,000 people assembled on the lawn of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. in what has been billed by many as, "the single most important event in the 20t...Amazon
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To Live Or Maybe Not (To Live Or Maybe Not - Without Illustrations) - $0.99
Details of the life of Gary Revel in a short autobiographical literary work.Amazon
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The Assassinations: Probe Magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK, and Malcolm X - $24.00
Edited by historian James DiEugenio, Probe magazine was the most respected investigative journal on the murders of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm ...Amazon
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MLK Assassination News
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Newspaper Archive: Dr. King Timeline
- The New York Times: Martin Luther King is Slain in Memphis (Archived) (April 5, 1968)
- CNN.com: Nation's capital still recovering from 1968 riots (April 4, 1998)
- "It's been three decades since Martin Luther King's assassination sparked riots in Washington, D.C. ... While some speak of a city renaissance, others are unsure whether the district will ever fully recover."
- CNN.com: Reporter recalls 'eerie' but calm night with King's widow, children (April 2, 2008)
- "The phone rang and I heard Coretta say, 'Mr. President,' and knew that Lyndon Johnson was calling from the White House to offer his condolences. I left the room briefly for her conversation with the president. Coretta did not speak of the call, nor did I ask about it."
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