Friday marks 57 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. on April ...

From Memphis, TN, television news broadcasts and a morning newspaper -- the Commercial Appeal, James Earl Ray discovers that Martin Luther King ... for his deed. King's funeral is held at Ebenezer ...

Johnson, called for a national day of mourning. At his funeral, King's old friend Benjamin Mays delivered the eulogy: "Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a united America. He believed that the ...

Friday marks the 57th anniversary of the assassination of the late civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who ...

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