Have you ever wondered about a person who was important in our past history and someone who you could call a rebel? Who comes to mind when you think of a rebel? Here’s what comes to my mind… Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. is known as the most important civil rights leader of our time and past history; his involvements and opinions in our civil rights led people to hate on him and discrimination.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born as Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. The King and Williams families were rooted in rural Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. went to David T. Howard Elementary, then Booker T. Washington High school, where he …show more content…
On April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin was shot with a rifle by a man named James Earl Ray. James Earl Ray was always in trouble. Here’s what he got sentencing for, In 1949 he left for Los Angeles, where in October of that year, police arrested him for robbing a café. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison, in 1959, when Ray, on parole for an earlier theft, robbed two St. Louis grocery stores, as well as another in Alton, Illinois. In March 1960 Ray started a 20-year sentence for the crimes. Somehow, Ray managed to escape the prison in 1967. He first headed to Canada but, unable to get on a ship and flee overseas, he returned to the U.S. and made his way to first Alabama, then Mexico, and later back to Los …show more content…
Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael and, of course, King. Nobody knows exactly what led him to Memphis in 1968, but Ray stayed in a room at a rooming house under the name Eric Starvo Galt, near the Lorraine Motel, where King was staying. King was in room 306 and he was on the balcony right outside of his room door when he was shot.
When Ray assassinated King, he was sentenced to 99 years, but in 1977, Ray had escaped from prison again, and finally, his sentence was extended to 100 years. Not that long before Ray’s death, Dexter King, Dr. King’s son, visited Ray presumed to be his father’s killer. Ray, who was sick from an illness called Hepatitis C, was asked by King about his involvement in the killing of his father. “I had nothing to do with killing your father,” Ray said. “I believe you,” Dexter King responded, and they both shook hands.
In Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 1998, at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital, Ray died. He had been treated for liver disease over the years and according to the Tennessee Department of Correction, Ray died from that and kidney
Martin Luther King Jr. was born as Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. The King and Williams families were rooted in rural Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. went to David T. Howard Elementary, then Booker T. Washington High school, where he …show more content…
On April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin was shot with a rifle by a man named James Earl Ray. James Earl Ray was always in trouble. Here’s what he got sentencing for, In 1949 he left for Los Angeles, where in October of that year, police arrested him for robbing a café. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison, in 1959, when Ray, on parole for an earlier theft, robbed two St. Louis grocery stores, as well as another in Alton, Illinois. In March 1960 Ray started a 20-year sentence for the crimes. Somehow, Ray managed to escape the prison in 1967. He first headed to Canada but, unable to get on a ship and flee overseas, he returned to the U.S. and made his way to first Alabama, then Mexico, and later back to Los …show more content…
Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael and, of course, King. Nobody knows exactly what led him to Memphis in 1968, but Ray stayed in a room at a rooming house under the name Eric Starvo Galt, near the Lorraine Motel, where King was staying. King was in room 306 and he was on the balcony right outside of his room door when he was shot.
When Ray assassinated King, he was sentenced to 99 years, but in 1977, Ray had escaped from prison again, and finally, his sentence was extended to 100 years. Not that long before Ray’s death, Dexter King, Dr. King’s son, visited Ray presumed to be his father’s killer. Ray, who was sick from an illness called Hepatitis C, was asked by King about his involvement in the killing of his father. “I had nothing to do with killing your father,” Ray said. “I believe you,” Dexter King responded, and they both shook hands.
In Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 1998, at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital, Ray died. He had been treated for liver disease over the years and according to the Tennessee Department of Correction, Ray died from that and kidney