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James Earl Ray shot him because he did not agree with Martin Luther King, Jr. about segregation.

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James Earl Ray shot him because he did not agree with Martin Luther King, Jr. about segregation.

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As a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, King was naturally seen as a threat by those who opposed the civil rights gains he was helping to orchestrate. Additionally, there was an anti-Communist fever in the country at the time, and King was perceived as having ties to Communist ideology.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assinated because he was talking about things that other people did not want him to talk about. Like, the Vietnam war and slavery. So the people that the only way to silence him was to kill him.

That is partially bull man. He did not talk about slavery he talked about civil rights; slavery ended 100 years prior to his civil rights advocacy.

He was a largely recognized political advocate who spread his ideologies persuasively and charismatically. He believed in civil disobedience being the way to make changes in the way America treated minorities. He was changing the whole social structure of America, that is why he was assassinated. The people that were higher up on the social scale could not have minorities getting higher up and possibly bumping them down.



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an advocate for civil rights of blacks in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout history, there had been much tension between whites and blacks in the United States, especially in the South. Many sought to change this, blacks or white. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most successful civil rights advocate, and was ultimately responsible for equal rights for everyone, regardless of race. However, some disagreed with his campaign and didn't want integration. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated because some disagreed with his beliefs and wanted to put a stop to his influence and power.
they killed martin Luther king because he was black and the people that killed him was angry with him because he was doing marches talking about equality and some people just didn't want to be equal they wanted to keep calling us negros and insulting us.
He was assassinated because some people didn't like what he was standing for. They didn't want black people to be equal with them. Some white people wanted to know that they were better than them so they killed him thinking it would stop their problems.
Because John Earls Ray (who was a white person) didn't think that was fair so he murdered Martin Luther King Jr. John Earls Ray went to jail. He died in prison in1998.
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i think that person was made because he was black and telling the truth but that still did not give him permission to shout him.what if was that was him and a black guy just shout him for no reson because he did notlike him because he was telling the truth now he Martin Luther King is histroy.Some people look up to Marthin Luther King.they can't look up to and say you are my hero for saying that to my ansisters. Some ofMARTIN LUTHER king did all his life with his son because some stupid person shout him he had a family to grow now the is dead but his family is with him now in a good place.all i have to say thank you MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. for evry thing.

i think that person was made because he was black and telling the truth but that still did not give him permission to shout him.what if was that was him and a black guy just shout him for no reson because he did notlike him because he was telling the truth now he Martin Luther King is histroy.Some people look up to Luther King.they can't look up to and say you are my hero for saying that to my ansisters. Some of marthin Luther king did spern all his life with his son because some stupid person shout him he had a family to grow now the is dead but his family is with him now in a good place.all i have to say thank you MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. for evry thing.

WHO EVER KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING THEN THEY WAS RONG FOR DOING THAT THEY DIDN'TEVEN THINK ABOUT HIS FAMILY. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A MAN OF GOD IN I THANK HIM IN HIS FAMILY FOR MARCHING.
He killed him because he was a white who didn't really think blacks mattered and thought only about them selves

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