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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 28: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Photo by Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

This Day in Black History: April 4, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis.
04/04/2021

This Day in Black History: April 9, 1968

The funeral for Martin Luther King Jr. was held.
04/09/2013
Martin Luther King Jr.

A Look Back at the Federal King Assassination Investigation

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James Earl Ray - James Earl Ray, King's convicted killer, stands handcuffed at the DeBerry Special Needs Prison Hospital near Nashville.(Photo: REUTERS/SHELBY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS/LANDOV)

This Day in Black History: June 8, 1968

Martin Luther King’s killer is arrested in London.
06/08/2012

Commentary: King’s Assassination and the Trayvon Connection

Can Trayvon's death galvanize the nation the way King's did?
04/03/2012
Martin Luther King Jr.

This Day in Black History: April 3, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech.
04/03/2012