2025年1月20日 · How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Die? When Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, the bullet entered on the right side of his face and neck. An autopsy found that the bullet had shattered King’s right jawbone, then traveled through the right side of his neck, injuring the external jugular vein, the vertebral artery, and the subclavian artery.

2025年2月19日 · Martin Luther King, Jr., was standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, when he was shot by James Earl Ray. An hour later, King died at St. Joseph’s hospital. His death sparked riots across the country.

At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King’s assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American ...

5 天之前 · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

2025年1月24日 · King was killed by a gunshot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray confessed to the crime in 1969 but later claimed he was set up. Many,...

2021年11月2日 · Go inside the full story of how Martin Luther King Jr. died in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 and the controversial investigation into who killed him. The Martin Luther King assassination sent shockwaves across the country, with a demand for answers spreading rapidly.

2014年4月3日 · Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. Among his many efforts,...

2025年1月19日 · Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old who had been in and out of prison, confessed to killing King and was sentenced to 99 years in jail for it.

2017年1月16日 · King’s life ended abruptly April 4, 1968 when he was assassinated by escaped felon James Earl Ray. Here are six facts about the activist’s assassination that are unknown to many: King was shot on...

2008年5月14日 · Question: When did Martin Luther King, Jr. die and where is he buried? Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on 4 April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was trying to help the striking garbage workers.