Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray.
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Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
