The Day the Dream was Silenced: the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Words: 663 1747On a somber April 4, 1968, a shot rang out in the evening air of Memphis, Tennessee, marking one of America's darkest hours—the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King, a powerful leader in the civil rights movement, had become the voice of a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans. His tragic death not only robbed the nation of a great leader but also left a void in the ongoing fight for civil rights that many […]