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[https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/11/martin_luther_kings_poor_peoples_campaign by Martin Luther King 11/1/18 DEMOCRACY NOW] | [https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/11/martin_luther_kings_poor_peoples_campaign by Martin Luther King 11/1/18 DEMOCRACY NOW] | ||
Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 89 years old this Jan. 15. Assassinated at the age of 39 on April 4, 1968, his much-too-short life forever changed America. | Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 89 years old this Jan. 15. Assassinated at the age of 39 on April 4, 1968, his much-too-short life forever changed America. | ||
=====Martin Luther King's last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speech===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/04/martin-luther-king-last-31-hours-the-story-of-his-prophetic-last-speech by Joseph Rosenbloom 4/4/18 The Guardian] | |||
While the man who would assassinate him the next day was holed up in the New Rebel motel, hundreds of people were filtering into Mason Temple, in Memphis, Tennessee, to hear Martin Luther King Jr, speak. Outside, a thunderstorm was raging. The people clustered in the front of the church, shedding their rain-spattered jackets as they took their seats. | |||
