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04/04/1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

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MLK: The Assassination Tapes - The Aftermath of the Assassination

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination | ABC Special Report [ARCHIVAL VIDEO]

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MLK: The Assassination Tapes - Keeping Dr. King's Dream Alive

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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mini Bio

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Muncie reacts to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement. While standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.
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    • Assassination 

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    • FBI investigation 

    • Funeral 

    • Perpetrator 

    • Conspiracy theories