MLK assassination
1968 civil rights
The MLK assassination refers to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where the civil rights leader was shot on a motel balcony.
The event triggered riots across American cities and became a defining trauma of the 1960s.
James Earl Ray was convicted of the killing, though conspiracy theories persist: Where were you when you heard about the MLK assassination?
- MemphisTennessee city, ancient Egyptian capital
- 1968Volatile year of upheaval
- LorraineFrench frontier region
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- motelRoadside lodging for drivers
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- 1968Tet Offensive, Prague Spring, Apollo 8, White Album, Yellow Submarine
- Assassinationsregicide, tyrannicide, targeted killing, hitman, Jack Ruby
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- LBJ EraLBJ, Great Society, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act
- TragediesHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet
MLK assassinationnonviolent protest
Opposition through peaceful means
peaceful resistance · sit-in · civil disobedience · reconciliation · forgiveness
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