When did Martin Luther King Jr die and who killed him?

Answer 1

Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray in 1968. Dr. King was standing on a balcony at the Loraine Hotel in Memphis, TN when he was shot. I believe he was in Memphis to help mediate a strike by city workers.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr died of a gunshot wound, though the reason he was assassinated is not clearly known. The official account of his assassination is that James Earl Ray shot him in Tennessee in April of 1968. Ray plead guilty to the charge, but later denied his guilt.

Some, including the King family, believe the assassination was actually carried out by a conspiracy involving the U.S. government, and that James Earl Ray was a scapegoat. In a 1999 civil case, a jury of six African-Americans and six white Americans found that King was the victim of assassination conspiracy involving the Memphis, Tennessee police and federal agencies. The conspiracy explanation has been denied due to a Department of Justice investigation that did not find evidence to support it.

Ronald Denton Wilson, a minister, claimed that his father, Henry Clay Wilson, killed Dr. King because he thought King was connected to communism. Wilson had previously admitted that his father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Many documents connected to Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination are classified and are to remain secret until 2027, though a proposed Records Collection Act, similar to a 1992 law concerning the Kennedy assassination, would require their immediate release.

Answer 3

Martin Luther King died on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray assassinated him

Answer 4

no because He's alive.