Video: 'This day in history…

(Saturday, June 8, 1968, 11:15 p.m. BST; during the Civil rights movement) — James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary wanted in the Apr. 4, 1968, slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested this morning at London’s Heathrow Airport while attempting to leave the United Kingdom for Brussels (on his way to either Angola, Rhodesia or apartheid South Africa) on a false Canadian passport. Continue reading Suspect in King assassination seized in London 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968) →

Video: 'The Case of James Byrd, Jr'

(Sunday, June 7, 1998, early morning CDT) — An African-American man was murdered early today when three white supremacists dragged him for three miles behind a pick-up truck along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas. Continue reading African-American man dragged to his death in Texas 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1998) →

Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Poor People’s March on Washington at 44:35)

(Thursday, May 2, 1968, 7:00 p.m. CDT; during the Civil rights movement) — The Poor People’s Campaign, postponed after the Apr. 4, 1968, assassination of Martin Luther King, began tonight as more than 1,000 demonstrators moved to the Quitman County Courthouse in Marks Mississippi. Continue reading Poor People’s March on Washington begins 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 2 1968) →

Video: 'AFSCME Martin Luther King Documentary 'I Am A Man' Memphis Sanitation Strike' (strike ends at 8:31)

(Tuesday, April 16, 1968; during the Memphis sanitation strike, part of the Civil rights movement) — The bitter sanitation strike that had brought the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis and his death from a sniper’s bullet on Apr. 4, 1968, ended today after 65 days. Continue reading Sanitation strike that brought King to Memphis ends 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1968) →

Video: 'Dr. King's Funeral Service'

(Tuesday, April 9, 1968, 10:30 a.m. EST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Funeral services were held today in Atlanta for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beginning with a private service for family and friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King and his father had both served as senior pastors, five days after the civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Continue reading Funeral services for MLK begin in Atlanta 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 9 1968) →

Video: 'April 8, 1968: Memphis March Honors MLK'

(Monday, April 8, 1968; during the Memphis sanitation strike, part of the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — An estimated 42,000 people, led by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, silently marched through Memphis today in honor of her late husband, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading King’s widow leads march of 42,000 in Memphis 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 8 1968) →

Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Apr. 7, 1968, at 41:34)

(Sunday, April 7, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Coretta Scott King and her four children viewed the body of her husband today as he lay in state at Sisters Chapel on the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta.
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Video: 'MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S CASKET ARRIVES AT MEMPHIS AIRPORT APRIL 5, 1968 85614'

(Friday, April 5, 1968, 11:30 a.m. CST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — One day after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the casket containing his body was loaded aboard an American Airlines Convair chartered by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy today at the Memphis Airport for a flight to Atlanta. Continue reading Body of MLK Jr. flown to Atlanta 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 5 1968) →