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King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 is a 2008 documentary short film created to honor the 40th annual remembrance of the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Directed by Adam Pertofsky, the film received a 2008 Oscar nomination in the "Best Documentary Short Subject" Category at the 81st Academy Awards.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
On April 4, 1968, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York delivered an improvised speech several hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Kennedy, who was campaigning to earn the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, made his remarks while in Indianapolis, Indiana, after speaking at two Indiana universities earlier in the day.
Samuel L. Jackson was a sophomore at Morehouse College in Atlanta when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
In Kansas City, Kansas, a meeting of students, police, and community leaders was held and then an impromptu march was spearheaded by high school students on Friday, April 5. Between 1,500 and 2,000 are estimated to have participated in this peaceful march, which ended with addresses from Kansas City, Kansas Mayor Joseph H. McDowell and other ...
"A Knock at Midnight," 1967 -- see Video on YouTube '"Beyond Vietnam," 1967; A longer list of speeches & sermons; Martin Luther King: His Triumphs - a slideshow by Life magazine; Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War - video by Democracy Now! "Episode 2 -- MLK: A Call to Conscience: -- Tavis Smiley Reports.
Local teens tackle topics like racism and living Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's dream. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...