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James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (born 1928)
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James Earl Ray
Convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (1928–1998)
James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled to London and was captured there. Ray was convicted in 1969 after entering a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 murder in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m at age 39.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)