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The exterior of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on April 4, 1968.

Grappling With The Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.

On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. A new book, "The Heavens Might...

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, testifies, Dec. 15, 1966 before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee studying urban problems and poverty. Rev. Andrew Young is left.

Andrew Young on MLK’s Last Days

On this special edition of Political Rewind, Bill Nigut talks with Ambassador Andrew Young, as they commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the...

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President Jimmy Carter, left, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Coretta Scotta King, wife of the late Martin Luther King Jr, during a ceremony at the White House Iin Washington on Monday, July 13, 1977.

July 13, 1977: King Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Nearly a decade after Martin Luther King Jr's death, President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom . The activist's...

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