BORN: JANUARY 15,1929
DIED: APRIL 4, 1968 / TIME: 6:01 PM.
PARENTS: ALBERTA WILLIAMS KING & MARTIN LUTHER KING SR.
AGE DIED: 39 YEARS
EDUCATION: BOSTON UNIVERSITY (1954-1955)
CHILDREN: MARTIN LUTHER KING III, YOLANDA KING, BERNICE KING AND DEXTER SCOTT KING
CAUSE OF DEATH: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS HIT BY A SNIPERS BULLET. KING HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE BALCONY WITH OTHERS AT A LOCAL HOTEL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. WITHOUT WARNING HE WAS SHOT. KING WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT CHEEK, TRAVELED TO HIS NECK, AND STOPPED AT HIS SHOULDER BLADE.
MURDERER: JAMES EARL RAY
HOSPITAL CARE: TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL CARE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL BUT PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 7:05 PM.
DIED: APRIL 4, 1968 / TIME: 6:01 PM.
PARENTS: ALBERTA WILLIAMS KING & MARTIN LUTHER KING SR.
AGE DIED: 39 YEARS
EDUCATION: BOSTON UNIVERSITY (1954-1955)
CHILDREN: MARTIN LUTHER KING III, YOLANDA KING, BERNICE KING AND DEXTER SCOTT KING
CAUSE OF DEATH: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS HIT BY A SNIPERS BULLET. KING HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE BALCONY WITH OTHERS AT A LOCAL HOTEL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. WITHOUT WARNING HE WAS SHOT. KING WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT CHEEK, TRAVELED TO HIS NECK, AND STOPPED AT HIS SHOULDER BLADE.
MURDERER: JAMES EARL RAY
HOSPITAL CARE: TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL CARE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL BUT PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 7:05 PM.