Martin Luther King Jr's Death

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Have you ever thought about how Martin Luther King Jr. died? There is different theories that people believe.The most popular way people believe that he died is that he was assassinated standing on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray. People have believed and accepted this to be the way he died. The conspiracy that goes along with Martin Luther King Jr’s death is that the investigation was still open in 1993. The investigation stated that domestic spies had to do with his death. They think that the government has power enough to have Martin Luther King Jr. killed. Martin Luther KIng Jr. was assassinated by the Government due to being the Civil Rights Movement.

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The American Civil Rights Movement was created to end segregation and to make colored people and whites equal. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings (3). MLK took part in a lot of the movements that were happening included Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, the bus boycott, March on Washington and many other events leading up to his assassination.
In 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his first speech as leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, and said “ we have no alternative but to protest. For many years we have shown an amazing patience. We have given our white brothers the feeling that we like the way we were being treated. But we come here to be saved from that patience that makes us patient with anything less than freedom and justice,” (King, 1955,p.4). Throughout the time of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. was always encouraging nonviolent protests to help make colored people equal to …show more content…

They found fingerprints in the bathroom where Ray had been waiting. According to Biography.com editors (2017) during a trial Ray denied his confession and hinted at a conspiracy, and sought to withdraw his guilty plea and secure a trial. Ray had been brought to trial where he was sentenced to prison for 99 years. He died in prison on April 23,1988. The bullet was examined and there is a strong likelihood that the bullet came from the rifle that was found by the police in the bathroom where Ray was sitting. As soon as the assassination happened Ray took off to Canada then a week later took of to England under a different name on his passport. Ray used a different name to get through, but then was arrested in England. According to Weisberg (2013?) Ray was paid 50,000 dollars and provided with the rifle and ammo to kill Martin Luther King Jr. When James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr. it was the only way that gave the U.S. Federal Government legal basis for entering the case. This is the government’s version of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray’s case got the name “Killing the

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