Forty years ago today the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., fell to a gunman's bullet. I grew up during this tumultuous era in the United States, and I recall hearing of King's assassination on the car radio as our family was on its way to a church supper. Here is an excerpt from his prophetic final speech, delivered 3 April 1968:
04 April 2008
A sad anniversary
Forty years ago today the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., fell to a gunman's bullet. I grew up during this tumultuous era in the United States, and I recall hearing of King's assassination on the car radio as our family was on its way to a church supper. Here is an excerpt from his prophetic final speech, delivered 3 April 1968:
Forty years ago today the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., fell to a gunman's bullet. I grew up during this tumultuous era in the United States, and I recall hearing of King's assassination on the car radio as our family was on its way to a church supper. Here is an excerpt from his prophetic final speech, delivered 3 April 1968:
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