Martin Luther King Assassination. On income inequality and redistribution of wealth + james baldwin. Yet martin luther king jr.
Central standard time on april 4, 1968. James earl ray was picked up and accused of the killing about a month after the assassination at heathrow airport in london. This turmoil was apparent all throughout the nation as racial tensions rose to a volatile level.
In fact, king had already survived an assassination attempt in the shoe section of a harlem department store on september 20, 1958.
Made his way to memphis, tennessee, where sanitation workers were striking for a pay raise with the support of local ministers. Was assassinated by a conspiracy that. Realising that this might be a seminal moment in the. Traveled to memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than 1 word of king's assassination triggered riots in more than 100 cities across the country, including chicago and washington, d.c.