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Thursday, April 3, 2008
Do you remember the day Dr. King died?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On April 3, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “Mountaintop speech” at the Church of God in Christ headquarters in Memphis.
“I don’t know what will happen now,” he said that night. “We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. “…And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”
The next day, King was assassinated. See more King coverage
Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of his death. His murder touched off anger and dismay in Atlanta and around the nation.
What are your thoughts and memories of that time 40 years ago? Do you have a special memory of King?
