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As early as the mid-1950s, Martin Luther King Jr. had received death threats because of his prominence in the civil rights movement. He had confronted the risk of death, including a nearly fatal stabbing in 1958, and made its recognition part of his philosophy.
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.
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.
A look back at the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. ... advocate of nonviolence and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on ...
In the wake of this week's violence, Robert F. Kennedy's words following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. have gone viral for their inspiring message to those who are hurting and ...
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. After the assassination, Ray fled to London, England and was captured in the United Kingdom.
Jr by watching Martin Luther King Jr movies just in time for MLK Jr Day. ... this made-for-TV documentary from the Smithsonian Channel focuses on Martin Luther King Jr's assassination on April 4 ...
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.