Window from which Shot was Fired at King - The Art Institute of Chicago
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, shocked the nation and was a defining event for the civil rights movement. This press photograph was taken three days after the shooting, from the room in a boarding house where James Earl Ray aimed his gun at King as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.
Joseph Louw's Photographs of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination - TIME
2015年4月3日 · In the moments following the shot, as King lay unconscious on the balcony, his comrades turned their attention to a sight in the distance: the assassin, getting away. They pointed their fingers...
Findings on MLK Assassination | National Archives
2016年8月15日 · James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old convicted armed robber who had escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Mo., on April 23, 1967, pleaded guilty on March 10, 1969, in Shelby County (Tenn.) Criminal Court to the first degree murder of Dr. King. He was sentenced to 99 years at the State penitentiary.
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia
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 died at 7:05 p.m at age 39.
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Encyclopedia Britannica
2024年10月23日 · assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., mortal shooting of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement, on April 4, 1968, as he stood on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come to lead a march by striking sanitation workers. In response to ...
On April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. The official story is that a single man, James Earl Ray, was staying at a rooming house located at 422 South Main Street.
America in Mourning After MLK’s Shocking Assassination: …
2019年1月16日 · King hadn’t used a gun. But the one wielded by assassin James Earl Ray had silenced the voice of one of the nation’s greatest figures. He was just 39 years old.
MLK’s Assassination: The Story Behind the Photo - THIRTEEN
2021年1月15日 · Civil rights leader Andrew Young (L) and others on balcony of Lorraine motel pointing in direction of assailant after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is lying mortally...
King's Assassination: A Timeline | American Experience | PBS
Dr. King's assassination shocked the country and triggered the largest, costliest, and most ambitious manhunt in American history.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination - HISTORY
2010年1月28日 · On June 8, authorities apprehended the suspect in King’s murder, a small-time criminal named James Earl Ray, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house...