The Assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On April 4th, 1968, an assassin took the life, but not the dream, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. King, the most prominent civil rights leader of the 20th century, had traveled to Memphis to support 1,300 striking black sanitation workers with a peaceful march. While standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Dr. King was struck by a single bullet fired from a rooming house across the street.
See more stories about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in the following first-hand accounts:
The Assassination of Dr. King: A First Hand Account
A Child Learns of Dr. King's Assassination
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