Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray.
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White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Martin Luther King's son met the man convicted of killing his father, James Earl Ray.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.