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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.
Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an executive order signed by Donald Trump on January 23, 2025, to declassify records about the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. civil rights activist [14] James Earl Ray [32] Ray pleaded guilty but later recanted, while a 1999 civil trial convicted restaurant owner Loyd Jowers and 'unknown others', while also noting that 'governmental agencies were parties' to the plot. [33] 5 June 1968
Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST.He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m at age 39.
A Filmed Record, Inc. released the DVD and King was once again available after 40 years of being a "lost" film. In 2012 A Filmed Record, Inc. (with the cooperation of the estate of Ely Landau producer of the original film) entered into an agreement with Kino Lorber giving them worldwide exclusive rights to distribute King and to make possible ...
Pages in category "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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King: A Life is a 2023 biography of Martin Luther King Jr. by Jonathan Eig. It won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography [1] and was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. [2] Universal Pictures optioned the biography. A biopic is set for production with Amblin Partners.