Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights activist, Baptist preacher, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was assassinated on April 4, 1968, by a gunshot wound to the right side of his jaw, neck and shoulder in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been leading a strike of …

Jan 14, 2023 · Martin Luther King's body was placed in an open bronze casket in R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home. Read on to learn more about MLK Jr.'s Casket.

This is the open casket viewing photo of Martin Luther King Jr.!

King was jailed several times. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover considered King a radical and made him an object of the FBI's COINTELPRO from 1963 forward. FBI...

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of the King family viewing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s body and casket. Mrs. King is standing on the far right and is wearing a dark colored jacket, hat and gloves.

Apr 1, 2018 · Harry Bellafonte walks with other mourners up Courtland Street behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s casket. The intersection of Courtland and Edgewood Avenue is in the near distance, with...

Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights activist, Baptist preacher, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was assassinated on April 4, 1968, by a gunshot wound to the right side of his jaw, neck and shoulder in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been leading a strike of …

Mourners wating to view the open casket of Martin Luther King. Atlanta, GA, 1968. 30-24 copy

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral procession. King's casket is pictured on the left side of the frame and is being pulled by two horses.

Sep 3, 2020 · This heartbreaking short home movie, original footage shot on silent 16mm film, records some of the events on April 5, 1968 as the casket containing fallen Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is loaded aboard an American Airlines Convair at the Memphis Airport.