1. Martin Luther King; A man with a dream
King was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. ... James Earl Ray was arrested in London, England on June 8, 1968, and returned to Memphis, Tennessee on July 19, 1969 to stand trial for the assassination of Dr. ... On March 9, 1969, before coming to trial, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ninety-nine years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. ... Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, and second, was the assassination the result of a conspiracy to silence the leader of America's non-violent civil rights a...
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