MLK Assassinated: A Nation Mourns a Leader Lost
A single .30-06 bullet from a Remington rifle shattered Martin Luther King Jr.'s jaw and severed his jugular vein as he stood on the Lorraine Motel balcony. The assassination triggered a worldwide manhunt that captured James Earl Ray at London Heathrow two months later, while King's death galvanized immediate federal action to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1968 just days after his passing.
April 4, 1968
58 years ago
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