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Headline: This Day in History: Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated
Caption: This Day in History: , Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated. April 4, 1968. King was shot and killed as he stood on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. The “apostle of nonviolence” had gone to Memphis in support of a sanitation workers' strike. Widely recognized as the most prominent face of the American Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King was just 39 years old. In a prophetic speech the night before his murder, King stated that, “I've seen the promised land.
Keywords: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,assassination,April 4,1968,Lorraine Motel,Memphis,TN,apostle of nonviolence,American Civil Rights Movement,prophetic speech,promised land,James Earl Ray,conspiracy,riots,mourners,Atlanta
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