The day Martin Luther King Jr. died

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History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Fifty years ago today, the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis. Riots broke out across the country, but in Indianapolis, there was peace.

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0:50.2	The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, 39.
0:52.5	The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death by an assassin. Good evening, Dr. Martin Luther King, 39-year. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death by an assassin.
0:56.0	Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.
1:04.0	April 4th, 1968.
1:08.0	50 years ago today, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., an icon for the ages, was
1:15.4	gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee. In one of the most chaotic years in American history,
1:21.8	King's death shattered the nation, and almost immediately, the country began burning.
1:30.3	The nation was angry, especially the African American community,
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