4 April 1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony at the Lorraine #Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. #CivilRights #history #OTD #MLK #RIP #ad https://t.co/kQPysMQCkG pic.twitter.com/mccA9VZPep

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