Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated today in Memphis, Tenn. on 4-4-1968. King was in Memphis supporting workers in a struggle over wages, benefits and working conditions when he was killed. For the next 48 hours, the nation burned, riots swept 168 cities and federal troops were even called in to guard the U.S. Capitol. […]
http://cascade.patch.com/ Today is the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., once a student and regular figure in the southwest Atlanta community. King led many of the civil right’s student movement planning meetings at Paschal’s Restaurant on Hunter Street, now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. At the mere age of 15, Martin […]