Birthname is Michael Luther King J.R
2006-11-01 08:22:06 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.
2006-11-01 08:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, which is now the National Civil Rights Museum
2006-11-01 08:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee,
2006-11-01 08:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by unan1m0us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions
He was shot in the neck as he stood on a hotel balcony and died in hospital soon afterwards. On the balcony of the black-owned Lorraine Hotel just off Beale Street
Hope this helps
2006-11-01 08:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, while he was there to try to mediate a garbage-workers' strike.
2006-11-01 08:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe he was killed in Memphis,Tennessee.....I also believe the name of the motel where he was killed was called the "starlight motel"....
2006-11-01 08:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by dluke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋