Many people remember Marthin Luther King as the 'Dreamer'. He had a dream to make equal rights for black people in the world.
On the 29th of March 1968, Martin Luther King went to Memphis in Tennessee to performe a speech. On April 4th Martin was about to go out and talk to people. He was standing on the balcone of Lorraine Motel at 6:01pm, when bullets were shot at him, emergancy services tried to keep him alive although he was 39 years old his heart was the age of a sixty year old. His death was annouced at 7:05pm. Riots broke out in over 60 cities and alot of people were injuered during them and 22 people died. In Wasshington alone the cost of damages was 27 million dollars!
A room in a hotel directly opposite the Lorraine Motel found a room with a gun and bullets in the person who was in that room was James Earl Ray but put a false name down on the hotel register. A full investigation was formed and in a few hours James Earl Ray was the words on everyobodys lips. He fleed to England and when he tried to get back into America staff at Heathrow Airport noticed his passport was a fake and they regoconized a photo they saw of him and realised he was the person who murdered King.
James Earl Ray was put on trail and his sentence was 99 years.
The King family didn't belive that James had anything to do with Martin Luther Kings assasanation. They still don't to this day!
James Earl Ray esscaped from prison but was captured again in 3 days and his sentence was increased to 100 years.
300,000 people went to Martin Luther Kings funeral and he still remains to be one of the most influentcel people in history.
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