Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (English Wikipedia)

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"Martin Luther King – Sniper in the Shrubbery?". africanaonline.com. 2006. Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2006.

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Dyson, Michael Eric (2008). "Fighting Death". April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s death and how it changed America (1st ed.). New York City: Basic Civitas Books. ISBN 978-0465002122.
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Pepper 2003, p. ^{[page needed]}. Pepper, William F. (2003). An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King. Brooklyn: Verso Books. ISBN 978-1859846957.

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Clarke 2007, p. 296. Clarke, James W. (2007). Defining Danger: American Assassins and the New Domestic Terrorists. Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0765803412.
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"James Earl Ray, convicted King assassin, dies". CNN. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System(Time Warner). April 23, 1998. Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2006.

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"Overview". United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. Department of Justice. June 2000. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
"United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr". June 2000. Civil Rights Division.
"USDOJ Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr". Conclusion and Recommendation. USDOJ. June 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2013.

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(via Google News) "King had predicted he too would be killed". The Washington Afro American. Washington, D.C.: Baltimore Afro-American. September 9, 1969. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

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Yellin, Emily (December 9, 1999). "Memphis Jury Sees Conspiracy in Martin Luther King's Killing". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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"Aide to Dr. King Asserts March Of Poor in Capital Will Be Held". The New York Times. April 5, 1968.
Van Gelder, Lawrence (April 5, 1968). "Negroes Urge Others to Carry on Spirit of Nonviolence". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
Martin, Douglas (September 24, 2010). "Jack Kershaw Is Dead at 96; Challenged Conviction in King's Death". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
Sack, Kevin (March 28, 1997). "Dr. King's Son Says Family Believes Ray Is Innocent". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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"Loyd Jowers, 73, Who Claimed A Role in the Killing of Dr. King". The New York Times. May 23, 2000.
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Douglass, Jim (Spring 2000). "The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis". Probe Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
Pepper, Bill (April 7, 2002). "William F. Pepper on the MLK Conspiracy Trial" (PDF). Rat Haus Reality Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2006.

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Canedy, Dana (April 6, 2002). "My father killed King, says pastor, 34 years on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

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Strauss, Mark (August 2010). "Eight Historical Archives That Will Spill New Secrets". Smithsonian. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

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"The Accident on a Garbage Truck That Led to the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr". Southern Hollows podcast. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

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KING FAMILY STATEMENT ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT "LIMITED INVESTIGATION" OF THE MLK ASSASSINATION Archived September 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The King Center
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"Time Looks Back: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr". Time. April 4, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2016.

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Klein, Joe (April 9, 2006a). "Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics? Consultants". Time. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.

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Gribben, Mark. "James Earl Ray: The Man Who Killed Dr. Martin Luther King". trutv.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2011.

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"Overview". United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. Department of Justice. June 2000. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated". 20th Century History. About.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
"I've Been to the Mountaintop" Archived February 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
"United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr – VII. King V. Jowers Conspiracy Allegations". United States Department of Justice. June 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
Gribben, Mark. "James Earl Ray: The Man Who Killed Dr. Martin Luther King". trutv.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
Purnick, Joyce (April 18, 1988). "Koch Says Jackson Lied About Actions After Dr. King Was Slain". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
Scarborough Country Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Klein, Joe (April 9, 2006a). "Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics? Consultants". Time. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
Statement of Mayor Bart Peterson Archived November 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine April 4, 2006, press release
"AFSCME Wins in Memphis". AFSCME. Washington, D.C.: AFL–CIO. April 1, 1968. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
"1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike Chronology". AFSCME. Washington, D.C.: AFL–CIO. 1968. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
"Dr. King's Assassination: Background" Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Civil Rights Digital Library, Digital Library of Georgia, 2013
Catalyst (November 8, 2005). "White America's reaction to the shooting of MLK?". Straight Dope. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
"FBI File on Martin Luther King". library.truman.edu. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
"King's FBI files may be opened to public view". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
FIELD OFFICE ESTABLISHED Archived May 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Knoxville Field Office, FBI.
"James Earl Ray, convicted King assassin, dies". CNN. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System(Time Warner). April 23, 1998. Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2006.
KING FAMILY STATEMENT ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT "LIMITED INVESTIGATION" OF THE MLK ASSASSINATION Archived September 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The King Center
"Autopsy: Ray's Death by Liver Failure". Tulsa World. April 25, 1998. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
"Civil Case: King Family versus Jowers" Archived April 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (Partial Transcripts of Trial), hosted by The King Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Accessed January 20, 2014.
"Trial Transcript Volume XIV". verdict. The King Center. 2006. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
Pepper, Bill (April 7, 2002). "William F. Pepper on the MLK Conspiracy Trial" (PDF). Rat Haus Reality Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2006.
"Assassination Conspiracy Trial". The King Center. December 9, 1999. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
Ayton, Mel (February 28, 2005). "Book review A Racial Crime: The Assassination of MLK". History News Network. Archived from the original on April 20, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
"James Earl Ray Dead At 70". CBS. April 23, 1998. Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
"Martin Luther King – Sniper in the Shrubbery?". africanaonline.com. 2006. Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
Goodman, Amy; Gonzalez, Juan (January 15, 2004). "Jesse Jackson On 'Mad Dean Disease,' the 2000 Elections and Martin Luther King". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on September 17, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

worldcat.org

Felton, Emmanuel (October 4, 2021). "Alabama spends more than a half-million dollars a year on a Confederate memorial. Black historical sites struggle to keep their doors open". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 24, 2024.