Latest / True Crime Never Sleeps
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
This week we dive into the shocking and sad assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. King was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.
In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.