| Portion of title |
Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin |
| Contents |
Prologue : "A sneeze meant death" -- Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. 1865-1958: Jim Crow America -- The early years -- 1955-156: Montgomery Bus Boycott -- 1959-1962: On the rise: lunch counters, freedom riders, and Ole Miss -- 1963: Tragedies and triumphs: protests in Birmingham, a letter from jail, and a march on Washington -- 1963, continued: disaster and hope: a bombing in Birmingham, the assassination of a president, and a new leader -- 1964: From the Civil Rights Bill and the Nobel Prize to a murder and a slander -- 1965: New challenges and warning signs: the assassination of Malcolm X, the battle for Selma, the Voting Rights Act, and the Watts Riot -- 1966: A year of doubts and divisions: Chicago, Black Panthers, and militants -- 1967: Splitting the movement and opposition to the Vietnam War -- A collision course. April 23, 1967: A jail break -- 1968: A very bad year -- The assassination. Planning a murder -- March 30-31, 1968: Momentous days -- April 1 and 2, 1968: Countdown to Memphis -- April 3, 1968: A great day--"I would like to live" -- April 4, 1968: The last day -- Manhunt! April 4: Escaping Memphis -- April 4: To the hospital -- April 4: A hot tip and a hoax -- April 4: Aftermath at the motel and across the nation -- April 5, 1968: The FBI investigation -- April 9, 1968: Farewell to a king -- April 16-20, 1968: The assassin identified -- June 4-8, 1968: Another assassination and an arrest -- A year like no other -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract |
"This is the story of the murder of Dr. martin Luther King, Jr., and the hunt for his killer. On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., stepped onto the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. What happened next -- a man in a window, a rifle, and a single shot -- was one of the most horrific and tragic events of the twentieth century. But this book is about more than a murder. It is the story of two men set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s -- a decade of assassinations, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and the race to the moon. It is the story of King's heroic life, his tumultuous last year, and his fateful trip to Memphis. But is also the story of a mysterious, lifelong criminal -- James Earl Ray -- whose 1967 escape from prison sent him on a strange, year-long journey that unexpectedly climaxed with King's murder and one of the biggest manhunts in American history."--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Audience |
1010 Lexile |
| Study program note |
Accelerated Reader |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2017008562 |
| ISBN | 9780545723336 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 0545723337 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9781338277388 |
| ISBN | 1338277383 |
