King assassination riots
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The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City.
Soldiers stand near ruined buildings in Washington, D.C.
Damage to a Washington store following the riots
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Joe Califano chart riot outbreaks in Washington, D.C.
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights movement leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m. He was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience.
The Safe House Black History Museum where King sheltered in 1968 two weeks before the assassination.
The former "New Rebel Motel" where James Earl Ray stayed before shooting King
Wide view of the Lorraine Motel and the boarding house from which James Earl Ray fired the fatal shot from a second-floor bathroom window (to the left of the light pole)
Close-up of where King was shot