Question

What is the significance of mlk assassination

Answer 1

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated. Aides of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. point in the direction from which they believe his assailant fired as he lies dying on a Memphis, Tenn., motel balony in 1968.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr. was a major Civil Rights leader. After he was assassinated, the Civil Rights movement and community worked together to bring about freedoms, rights, and civil liberties to the African American community.