how did martin luther king die ?

Answer 1

He was assassinated.

Answer 2

King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray

Answer 3

King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by a white man called James Earl Ray, although it was never proven if he worked with an accomplice or by himself, at the same time the secretary of the hotel seen king's body suffered from a heart attack and later died in Hospital, he was just about to go to his close friends house for dinner, is that enough for you.

Answer 4

I assume you are talking about Martin Luther King Jr.? Any U.S. History text with a section on the Civil Rights Movement will tell you.... He was assassinated. That is common knowledge.

Sue

Answer 5

King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Answer 6

If your talking about the civil rights leader he was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray

Answer 7

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American political activist, the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, and a Baptist minister. Considered a peacemaker throughout the world for his promotion of nonviolence and equal treatment for different races, he received the Nobel Peace Prize before he was assassinated in 1968. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977, the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004, and in 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor. King's most influential and well-known speech is the "I Have A Dream" speech.

King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Friends inside the motel room heard the shots and ran to the balcony to find King shot in the throat. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m. The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities.[7] Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader. A crowd of 300,000 attended his funeral that same day. Vice-President Hubert Humphrey attended on behalf of LBJ, who was meeting with several advisors and cabinet officers on the Vietnam War in Camp David. Also, there were fears he might be hit with protests and abuses over the war.

Two months after King's death, escaped convict James Earl Ray was captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd. Ray was quickly extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination on March 10, 1969 (though he recanted this confession three days later). Later, Ray would be sentenced to a 99-year prison term.

On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray took a guilty plea to avoid a trial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty.

Ray fired Foreman as his attorney (from then on derisively calling him "Percy Fourflusher") claiming that a man he met in Montreal, Canada with the alias "Raoul" was involved, as was his brother Johnny, but not himself, further asserting that although he didn't "personally shoot Dr. King," he may have been "partially responsible without knowing it," hinting at a conspiracy. He spent the remainder of his life attempting (unsuccessfully) to withdraw his guilty plea and secure the trial he never had.

On June 10, 1977, shortly after Ray had testified to the House Select Committee on Assassinations that he did not shoot King, he and six other convicts escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. They were recaptured on June 13 and returned to prison.[8] More years were then added to his sentence for attempting to escape from the penitentiary.

Answer 8

He was shot in the neck as he stood on a hotel balcony and died shortly afterwards in hospital, on 4th April 1968. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder.

Answer 9

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WEBSITES

A comprehensive site with lots of links.

http://www.cumbavac.org/Martin_Luther_King.htm

Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968)

http://www.thekingcenter.org/

http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/diversity/mlk/mlk.html

http://who2.com/martinlutherkingjr.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

History is indeed made up of significant events which shape our future and outstanding leaders who influence our destiny.

http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/mlking.htm

http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/aaslvwww.htm

Martin Luther King ©

King was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was pastor of a Baptist church, his mother a schoolteacher. Originally named Michael, he was renamed Martin when he was about six years old.

He entered Morehouse College in 1944, and here he met Dr Benjamin Mays, a scholar who encouraged him to enter the ministry. After graduating in 1948, King went to Crozer Religious Seminary to undertake post-graduate study. He received his doctorate in 1955.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

History is indeed made up of significant events which shape our future and outstanding leaders who influence our destiny.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

Introduction:

The following lesson encourages students to reflect on nonviolence as an instrument to change unjust laws by studying the Birmingham Campaign of 1963.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes himself as the national leader of the civil rights movement, leading boycotts and staging protests against segregation in the South.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/photogallery.html

Good luck

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 10

he was assasinated
here's some info on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2453000/2453987.stm
its the BBC site