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.

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