il 5, 1968 the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The death of the 39 year-old civil rights leader sent shock waves throughout much of the city and the nation. His death enraged the nation's black society, triggering riots in major cities. Some people said that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was a "nonviolent man who drew violence to himself.&q
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