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"The Accident on a Garbage Truck That Led to the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.", episode of the Southern Hollows podcast; Dr. King's Assassination Archived May 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Civil Rights Digital Library.
Martin Luther King Jr. in July 1964 Conspiracy theories about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the civil rights movement, relate to different accounts of the incident that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was established on September 15, 1976 by U.S. House Resolution 1540 [7] to investigate the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 and 1968, respectively.
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.
King reportedly donated the prize money, amounting to $53,123, to support the civil rights movement. He was named after Protestant reformer Martin Luther. King was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15 ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist 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.
On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the National Mall during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than a quarter million people ...
Beyond Vietnam, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, King stood in a New York City pulpit and gave an impassioned speech that drew parallels ...