Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
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Date
April 04, 1968
Type
National
Author
hjwilson1975
Categories
Political & Governance
Births & Deaths
Crime
Event Details
On April 4, 1968, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King had traveled there to support striking sanitation workers.
His death sparked riots in over 100 U.S. cities and led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act). King's legacy of nonviolent resistance remains central to the fight for racial equality.