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Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
, was an American
clergyman
and civil rights leader who was fatally shot at the
Lorraine Motel
in
Memphis, Tennessee
, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. King was rushed to
St. Joseph's Hospital
, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. that evening. He was a prominent leader of the
African-American Civil Rights Movement
and
Nobel Peace Prize
laureate who was known for his use of
nonviolence
and
civil disobedience
.
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