1968

Ian Lorber and Aaron's wikispace for 1968-James Earl Ray assasinates Martin Luther King. [|Hyperlink2] [|Hyperlink]
 * (1928- 1998)

=**(a) People - James Earl Ray - (1928-1998) He died April 23, 1998. He was an american criminal. He spent almost 30 years vainly attempting to win the "right to that he had foresworn." He was born into poverty on March 10, 1928 in Aliton IL. where the ku klux klan thrived. Earl Ray was inspired by the ku klux klan. He was unpopular in school due to bed wetting and nightmares, studdering and repulsive around crime and family dynamic.** = =**Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) He was a baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the south and other parts of the United States. King's last words were to his musician Ben.** = =‍**(b) Places - Memphis, Tennesee was where Martin was assasinated by James.** = =‍**(c) Terms - Racism-** = =** "A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement,usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others." ** = = Assasinate-to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. = = = =‍**(d) Importance to the Civil Rights Movement - Martin Luther King was one of the most influential characters to the Civil Rights Movement. He greatly impacted the Civil Rights movement because he formed a movement and got blacks to stand up to whites, and he helped to end racism; even though its still around to this day.** = =‍**(e) Positive OR negative effects within the Civil Rights Movement - The positive effects are that it opened up the door to people that never knew that racism was part of our society. Also, it taught blacks to fight harder because now they knew that Martin gave up his life to help stop racism in America.** = =‍**(f) Any lasting influence as a historic moment - Martin Luther King Day** = =‍**(g) Any other interesting, important, notable, etc. information - James Earl Ray was expecting to be paid alot of money for murdering Martin Luther King. It was unlikely for him to murder him for fame.** = = = =(h) contriversial element- the gun that James Earl Ray used to assasinate Martin Luther King was a contriversial element. = [] []