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April 4, 2018 - New York, New York, United States - To hold reverence and celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the 50th Anniversary of his assassination, Black Lives Matter Greater NY, among other civil rights organizations and New Yorkers , participated on a walk through Harlem as renowned leaders, artists and activists share their talents and collectively celebrate the Unity that Dr. King catalyzed around the world (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 8, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Participants gather for a Silent March in Memphis following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Thousands of people gathered to honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. who was gunned down on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 8, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Coretta Scott King and James Abernathy lead a Silent March in Memphis following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Andrew Young, on the right. Thousands gathered to honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. who was gunned down on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 8, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s coffin is loaded onto a plane headed for Atlanta. Martin Luther King, Jr. was gunned down on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 7, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Mourners at the Memphis Cares memorial event held a few days after the assassintion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was mortally wounded on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 5, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Mourners observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s body in casket. Dr. King was mortally wounded outside his Lorraine Motel room the previous night. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 5, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: A mourner observes the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s laying in casket. Dr. King was mortally wounded on the balcony of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel at 6:01 pm. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 5, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s body rests in casket. The previous night, Dr. King was mortally wounded outside his hotel room. King suffered face and neck wounds when he was assassinated. Mortitions worked through the night preparing the body for viewing. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
April 4, 1968- Memphis Tennessee, United States: Police search for suspects of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was mortally wounded on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel earlier in the evening. King had traveled to Memphis in support of striking African American city sanitation workers who had staged a walkout to protest unequal wages and working conditions. Several sanitation workers had been killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. The American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King, a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. Despite the urging for calm by many leaders after his death, a nationwide wave of riots erupted in more than 100 cities. After the assassination, the city of Memphis quickly settled the strike on favorable terms to the sanitation workers. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. (Art Shay/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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