On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King, Jr., standing on the balcony of the hotel, near the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to the ground and later died in the hospital, and James was sentenced to prison for the shooting. The picture shows martin Luther King Jr. who was shot and fell to the ground.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. went to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was staying in Room 306. The picture shows Martin Luther King Jr. entering the hotel,
Martin Luther King Jr. walked toward his room.
It was near room 306 that Martin Luther King, Jr., and the innkeeper Walter Bailey and his close friend Pastor Ralph David Abernethy stopped on the balcony to greet people warmly.
Shortly after Martin Luther King Jr. was greeting people on the balcony, he was shot at martin Luther King Jr. at a distance by white racist James Earl Ray. At that time, the killer used a Remington 7600 rifle to shoot in the apartment opposite the hotel. Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and collapsed in a pool of blood.
The bullet that shot into Martin Luther King's right cheek after breaking his jaw, neck and some spine. It passes through the spinal cord and cuts off jugular veins and arteries. The force of the explosion ripped the tie that Martin Luther King was wearing. He fell violently backwards onto the balcony. The picture shows Martin Luther King Jr. after being shot by his colleagues and other rescuers.
After the shooting, Martin Luther King Jr. was taken to the hospital, and eventually Martin Luther King Jr. died. The scene of Martin Luther King Jr.'s shooting shows the killer shooting Martin Luther King Jr. from a distance in the apartment opposite the hotel.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man who spent his life fighting for the rights of black Americans. On August 23, 1963, more than 250,000 people, including whites, listened to his famous speech in Washington, "I Have a Dream."
More than 100,000 people stood on both sides of the streets of Atlanta, Where King was born, as mules pulled a farm quad with his coffin across the street.
Many celebrities of that era attended King's funeral, including Senator Robert F. Kennedy and future U.S. President Richard Nixon. Martin Luther King Jr. has had a profound impact on the world, and many people have used Martin Luther King Jr. to motivate themselves to this day. Figure of the people attending the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.