April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

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🗓️ 4 April 2021

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Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, igniting fury and unrest in what became known as the Holy Week Uprisings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Sunday, April 4th, 2021. On this day in 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. The slaying of the eminent orator who had managed to coalesce black Americans around his message of nonviolent
0:22.6	activism ignited fury and unrest around the country.
0:31.6	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
0:38.2	Due to the graphic nature of today's story, listener discretion is advised.
0:42.7	This episode includes discussions of racism and murder that some people may find offensive.
0:48.2	We advise extreme caution for children under 13.
0:52.2	Today we're covering the assassination of influential civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther
0:58.1	King Jr. Let's go back to Memphis, Tennessee Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, were gathered at Memphis's Lorraine Motel.
1:27.0	Unlike most motels in Memphis at the time,
1:29.3	the Lorraine welcomed black visitors. The building was a classic two-story motel style
1:35.3	with covered external walkways. It boasted both vertical stripes of teal, and the sign was a gorgeous
1:42.3	example of mid-century space age design.
1:46.0	King and his SCLC colleagues were in Memphis that day to show support for the roughly
1:52.0	1300 striking black sanitation workers who were fighting dangerous working conditions and low pay.
2:00.0	The night before, King had delivered his now-famous dangerous working conditions and low pay.
2:07.3	The night before, King had delivered his now famous, I've been to the mountaintop speech.
2:13.4	King said, longevity has its place, but I'm not concerned about that now.
2:19.8	I just want to do God's will, and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain, and I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know
2:26.2	tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. After meeting with his associates on
2:34.0	the evening of the fourth, King walked out
2:36.7	of room 306 on his way to have dinner with a Memphis minister named Samuel Billy Kiles. He paused
2:44.2	on the second level of one of the outdoor walkways to talk to an associate down below. Suddenly,
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