Historical story

What did James Earl Ray do?

Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. - On April 4, 1968, Ray fatally shot civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. from a nearby boarding house while King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King had traveled to Memphis to lend his support to a sanitation workers' strike. The assassination had a profound impact on the United States, leading to widespread riots and increased tensions between different American communities.