Mlk Assassination Speech

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Hello how is everyone this morning? I'm Lyndon B. Johnson and I'm honestly having a bad morning. For most of you, you know that something very tragic has happened! A very important man has been killed Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think most of us are still in a lot of shock at his assassination. When Mr. King was killed here where hundreds of people standing outside of the Lorraine Motel when everyone was crying and scared of what happened. Outside of the hotel people where yelling " he got shot he got shot." Not only was he black man that spoke out for blacks at the age of 39 but he was killed on the second floor balcony of the motel. He was hit in the neck with the bullet. He was rushed to the hospital, and he was at the hospital for a hour

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