Moments in Civil Rights History - April 4th, 1968 - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

On April 4th, 1968, an assassin took the life - but not the dream - of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Reverend King was the most prominent civil rights leader of the 20th century. King had traveled to Memphis to support the 1,300 striking black sanitation workers with a peaceful march scheduled for April 8rh and traveled to Memphis on April 3rd. That night, at Mason Temple, he delivered his famous “Mountaintop” speech, reflecting on his own mortality. After that speech - he returned to the Lorraine Motel. The following evening at about 6 PM, while standing on the second-floor balcony of the motel, Dr. King was struck by a single bullet that had been fired from a rooming house across the street. He was pronounced dead an hour later, leaving our nation in shock and sparking riots across the country.
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R.I.P MLK we will celebrate today

[@gregjones4814]

I Love that man

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[@penndavis471]

It's tragic that Dr King was taken before his work was finished. He was an incredible man

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[@SouthSideLadyWright]

His work was finished. MLK stated in his speech that he been to the mountaintop. He knew he was gonna die.

[@-savannah]

Thank you Dr King Jr and all who sacrifice for us all

[@ChrisBrown-nr1on]

I Can Only Imagine how great things would be today if mr. King was still here

[@-JohnSmith-]

The lefties today would not be a fan of his principles ☹️

[@naitthegr8131]

@@-JohnSmith- Is that why conservatives called him an agitator, a communist, and worst during his lifetime?

[@tombasye1016]

You Are Ever So Right, But Dr. Bernice L. King Is. 😊

[@moreme40]

@@naitthegr8131, he actually promoted communism. It’s historical fact

[@alyahjones8393]

I broke down crying I pray for my brother

[@cielodelacruz5973]

Alyah Jones Wait WHAT

[@skedaddle69]

Hes not your brother

[@daveywaite25]

Dr. King was a great man. He would be disgusted with today"s Black Lives Matter movement.

[@michaelbledsoe9296]

Why?

[@davienadaniel736]

Luther King was right to die 🤣

[@KingRousey]

​​@@michaelbledsoe9296 they don't really care about our culture it's a money scheme😮

[@Iwillberichoneday1]

​@@davienadaniel736no he wasn't

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​@@michaelbledsoe9296wat??

[@PhoenixPrime]

It saddens me that he was killed at such a young age. Were he alive today, I would've loved to meet him.

[@lisaharris9083]

Come back to me. I ask if you please. Come back to me. MLK.

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On Monday we will celebrete

[@candyrain850411]

Martin Luther King told my grandma. To love. Her enemies

[@megaton8184]

I’m sure he told everybody that

[@idit9302]

Rest and peace MLK We love you think you for stopping slaves if you weren't here we all would be in danger think you for peace for the world rest and peace my king 😞😓😥

[@Yyassin3]

I’m really frustrated and I just want to say that I really loved March the Luther King so I hope he’s in a better place now I really love😢😢😢😢

[@jessicawashington6696]

MLK died on my birthday 😭😭 do you think he would still be alive if he wasnt shot and if you dont know he was born in 1929

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Jess Girl if he was alive today he would be 89 years old

[@Whatruacop97]

Jess Girl he had the heart of a 60 year old man

[@khamiya3824]

What’s your little kitty was a good guy you don’t respect my birthday what do you think he was Go to little key was a good guy you only spend a bunch what do you think he was

[@richardtemple4700]

His older sister is still alive today. So he might be if he had not been shot.

[@Undercover5100]

@Aretha Johnson They are out there. Racism is still ongoing. I don't judge people by racial background but by the content of character.

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I love marten Luther King Jr and his speech

[@noahyousef6599]

My mom dad saw when he got shot

[@manansangare8510]

who ever didnt like this video this is a man who changed the world u should be ashamed of ur selves thats so disrespectful

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Dr. Martin Luther King Junior I loved him he loved us too

[@diyandartrecreatesrodrigue5580]

To then find out a dr smothered him at the hospital

[@bigbluetruck3464]

Dr king were not I repeat were not killed with an 30.06 this is a lie a 30.06 would have taken his face off.i know about that kind of rifle cause I used to hunt deer with a 30.06.just like Mr.joe brown said he was killed by a sniper with a sniper rifle with a smaller bullet further away from where Ray supposed to shot from Dr king was already hit before that shot was made.and the sniper had special made ammo that's why they never tested that gun it just had Ray prints on it the person that shot Dr king had a military background.if yell would do some research on sniper then you will understand.

[@stevenstewart4700]

Judge Joe Brown himself even stated the bulet that killed Dr. King was "a caliber 7.62 x 51 fired from a specially modified XM21 sniper rifle from the firehouse dorm about 50-60 yards away." 7.62x51 is the NATO designation for .308 Win...The twist rate on the bullet didnt even match the twist rate in the rifle supposedly taken from James Earl Ray...I also find it rather convenient that JFK, RFK, MLK and malcoms assassinations all happened during JBLs presidency...

[@amcgrizzlydipper5166]

@Big Blue Truck agreed I’ve seen photos of .30-06 gunshot wounds and at point blank that caliber would take the brain fragments out. For deer hunting that .30-06 will drop that thing quickly. Gunshot on MLK wound was a lot smaller. Judge Brown speaks the truth.

[@Cobrakhang]

he has a book named i have a dream

[@ClasssicAri]

It took me a while to realize, this wasn't that long ago.

[@marianoluna1976]

i am pray 🙏🙏🙏😢😭😞

[@marjieambroise4762]

I love you martin.

[@calfender08]

sad

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im so sad and mad

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[@keithsterling433]

i want the truth about who and how was MLK Jr really killed. a lot of it to this still does not add up. things that was said before and after april 4 1968, does not make sense. one of the biggest is MLK i have a dream speech which said in it that he may not make it there with us. he said those just 24 hours before his death. this is one of my questions i have always had and still do. one day i want to learn the truth about the deaths of JFK, RFK and MLK Jr.

[@keepthechange1]

keith sterling, the 3 mysteries you mention, I share them with you. I have researched many hours over the past several years. God shall reveal the truth, to those who are willing to accept it. I ask God often, to reveal those who assassinated the Kennedy brothers and Dr King. I do not want to leave this world without knowing. I also want badly for his remaining family to know the truth. His children deserve to know the truth. I regret Mrs King died without knowing. As for James Earl Ray, he was a patsy. He plead guilty because he was forced to do so. The same with JFK. Both men were set up. Look up the old movie, The Manchurian Candidate. It was made in October of 1962. JFK died November of 1963. This movie sheds exact light on Kennedy's death. The truth of the matter is, Dr King was lead to his death, by a few member of the SCLC, ( Southern Christian Leadership Council). Many of the black ministers were jealous of him, and simply did not like him. There is a lot that happened then, and it still happens to this day. At the end of the day, every man/ woman in the pulpit does not love God. Nor do they love God's people.

[@keithsterling433]

the two big questions i have in the assassinations of rfk and dr king. first dr king, the room he was not his normal room, his normal room was on the first floor, so who changed it and why. then how did the killer know to look for him on the second floor. now about rfk , he was lead through the back hallways and kitchen to where rfk was going to meet the press, how did the killer know exactly which kitchen and where to be to get his shot off. at least with jfk his route was printed in the newspaper days ahead of time

[@1978dizzle6]

Dr King Jr was not shot from the flophouse window but from the bushes across the street behind Jim's Grill and he was eventually murdered in the hospital by a racist doctor.

[@SGMike32]

Jfk Jr went against the grain. He spoke and plotted against the federal reserve( county owners).. thats y he died . MLK Jr broke his contract and was starting to side with Malcom Xs point of view!! He was tired of being fake. thats y he got killed!!! JFKs brother was going to pick up where his brother left off!!!! thats y he got killed!!! simple as that!!!

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​@@keithsterling433 rfks bodyguard shot him in the back of the head point blank range .

[@hindspeter3275]

And I will give him the throne of his father David.Peter Carlos Hinds.

[@ayen219]

MLK he will be missed and we will always remember him and he was a good person he lived a long life I always wished he could live longer..

[@kentrish780]

Martin Luther King jrDied on my birthday and that is very sad

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😢😭so sad😢😭

[@paholabueno268]

So so so sad I would love to meet u MLK R.I.P

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Dr. KING 1929 - 1968

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R.I.P MLK I CANT SEE THIS!

[@almari6092]

What a great man MLK was.

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R.I.P KING

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love is true for nice martin luther king jr.

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R.i.p man r.i.p

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James just killed him cause he tried to stop his message

[@sniperoverlord251]

Dam thats sad

[@estatudela2557]

It was so bad how are you got killed subway

[@hildedejesus489]

Who would do that I can not believe it I am shocked

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The See Eye Ay..

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This day is my birthday

[@terranceparker8838]

Why have this country not prosecut these cops that we see in the film just like they go back and prosecute the Nazi security guards they should prosecute these cop

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love

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R.i.p mlk we love you

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Monique McIntosh- What would MLK say to George Floyd?

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I mean he

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😔✝️🛐

[@AlarchyGaming]

On the bottom you could see Emmett Till a 14 year old that was brutally murdered

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We doing good it's $18 an hour a black father respect when was in the air I will walk hard and go to work AAlv

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Now we go in the air nothing is nothing in the world which all black them and respect and go to work want to give

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Dag

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[@amysanchez5558]

I don’t know if he killed him or not because I heard a black woman killed him😮

[@kentrish780]

I love youI am OK we will celebrate you today right now I promise and we all laugh love you

[@carydavidhoffson6014]

Ĥe did not die for nothing he should how to get rights and everything else to keep on asking and not give up and keep on doing for has long has you have to do it to be a pest that you are making them to do it that they do not have a choice because you are not going to stop doing it that they do not like it and the fact that people saw w😢hat they were doing to black people on the news on TV and the newspapers and magazines show every one them doing it all over the United States and the world to see forthemslfes that it is the truth

[@19foreverpeypey83]

It is dad that someone shot him and I know who it was James earl Ray

[@erikamador3443]

thank goodness the guy who killed Martin Luther King jr. is dead now in prison

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[@lisanguyen4137]

THATS IT LM SICK OF THIS why did he get shot why did a man kill him all he wanted to do was bring people toghter and stop rasitctems idc if i spelt it worng but this anyoing and this is sad all he was doing was bring people toghter but no he had to get shot plz dont not shoot anyone or diagree becuase later on you will start to see people say things for reasons and he was a good man LIKE WHY YOU have to do him like THAt

[@creepywhitva17]

I had Steve watch his Mountaintop video. He found his fear. But I won. Because it was something he as a KING.... HAD NEVER SEEN. 16 YE OLD HEAR.