... receive the Nobel Peace Prize.9 On April 4, 1968, however, King's short life was brought to an untimely end when he was assassinated by white supremacist James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of thirty-nine. To this day, some people believe that the FBI was involved in the killing, due to the fact that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover strongly ... ...

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... award in its entire history. Tragically, Martin Luther King Jr.'s life was taken on April 4, 1968, when he was assassinated at the age of 39 at his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Following his murder, eighty riots broke out that evening. James Earl Ray was arrested and convicted of this shocking crime. Another key individual in the civil rights movement was James ... ...

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