From Memphis, TN, television news broadcasts and a morning newspaper -- the Commercial Appeal, James Earl Ray discovers that Martin Luther King is staying at the Lorraine Motel, room 306.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

The King Center honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 57 years after his assassination with a wreath-laying ceremony in Atlanta.

On April 3, he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's murder in 1969 after entering a guilty plea where he was sentenced to 99 ...

in 1898 -- Poet Margaret Fishback in 1900 -- Assassin James Earl Ray in 1928 -- Musician Norman Blake in 1938 (age 87) -- Writer David Rabe in 1940 (age 85) ...

While Congress, the Justice Department and district attorneys conclude that James Earl Ray was responsible for King’s death, the civil rights leader’s own family vehemently disagrees.

Dr. King’s relatives have raised questions about the federal investigation into his death, which concluded that it was the work of a lone racist assassin, James Earl Ray. We are having trouble ...

The FBI investigated his death and determined James Earl Ray was the sole gunman, though conspiracies about FBI involvement have permeated the conversation around King’s assassination for decades.

In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Ray died in prison in 1998. Advertisement In ...

The CIA opened a file on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin, James Earl Ray, shortly after King’s death One CIA memo mixed in with the Kennedy assassination material describes Ray as a ...

A global humanitarian icon was slain 57 years ago on April 4, and on Friday, a wreath laying ceremony at the Atlanta-based ...