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Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. He was shot dead in southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was leading a march of sanitation workers, he was protesting for low wages and poor working conditions

James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder and was sentenced to 99 years of prison. The President Lyndon Johnson was also shocked by the death of civil rights leader. Dr. Martin Luther King was civil rights leader for black people in America in 1950’s. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel peace prize.  His assassination led to riots in most of the US cities. His assassination led to the major change in US.

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