Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 1968: The day MLK was assassinated
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on this date 54 years ago.
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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on this date 54 years ago. This 1968 file photo was taken minutes after an assassin's bullet struck King at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. According to the photographer, Joseph Louw, the men at right, several of Dr. King's aides, stand over King's body as they point out to police where they heard the shot. (AP Photo/Files, Copyright 1968 Time Inc.)
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