Project: Assassinations - Martin Luther King
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS General 30,701
Martin Luther King (all) Martin Luther King VIDEOS 1,363
Martin Luther King (All) STILLS 24,055
Martin Luther King (Archival) STILLS 5,217
MLK NOT Martin Luther King VIDEOS 66
Early life
Notable people 1,668
Father: Martin Luther King (Snr), a Baptist minister Martin Luther King Snr VIDEOS 4
Martin Luther King Senior STILLS 192
Mother: Alberta Williams King, a schoolteacher Martin Luther King mother VIDEOS 1
Alberta Williams King STILLS 9
Wife: Coretta Scott (aka Coretta Scott King) (m. 1953) Coretta Scott VIDEOS 38
Coretta Scott STILLS 1400
Corretta Scott NOT Coretta VIDEOS 2
Corretta Scott NOT Coretta STILLS 8
Friend: Benjamin Mays Benjamin Mays (Archival) STILLS 14
Education 3,311 Education: Morehouse College in 1944, graduated in 1944-48 Morehouse College VIDEOS 8 1948 Morehouse College STILLS 2,709
King forged a lifelong friendship with his teacher, Benjamin Mays (Archival) STILLS 14 Benjamin Mays
Postgraduate study: Crozer Theological Seminary in 1948 Crozer Theological Seminary VIDEOS 1 Pennsylvania Crozer Theological Seminary STILLS 2
Postgraduate study: then, in 1951, at Boston 1951-55 University's School of Theology (received doctorate in Boston University VIDEOS 238 1955)
Boston University [custom date STILLS 267 range: up to 1960] (Archival)
King became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1954 Dexter Avenue Baptist Church VIDEOS 2 Montgomery, Alabama
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church STILLS 70
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS Locations 12,916
1929 Location: Born 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Georgia VIDEOS 4,930
Atlanta Georgia [custom date STILLS 347 range: up to 1940] (Archival)
Location: Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery Alabama VIDEOS 235
Montgomery Alabama STILLS 7404
Career
King's rise to national awareness 1,290 Rosa Parks bus protest: Famously arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a Rosa Parks VIDEOS 30 white man on a bus (part of a demonstration led by King)
Rosa Parks (Archival) STILLS 263
Montgomery bus boycott: King was a leading figure in organising the boycott by Montgomery bus boycott VIDEOS 17 African Americans of buses in Montgomery
Montgomery bus boycott STILLS 139
Martin Luther King [custom date 1955-56 King came to prominence VIDEOS 12 range: 1955-56] Martin Luther King [custom date STILLS 114 range: 1955-56] (Archival)
Bayard Rustin, a prominent civil rights campaigner, Bayard Rustin VIDEOS 3 influenced King
Bayard Rustin STILLS 133
King establishes the Southern Christian Leadership Southern Christian Leadership 1957 Conference (SCLC) with fellow activists C.K. Steele, VIDEOS 50 Conference Fred Shuttleworth and T.J. Jemison.
Southern Christian Leadership STILLS 326 Conference
SCLC NOT "Southern Christian VIDEOS 2 Leadership Conference"
SCLC NOT "Southern Christian STILLS 39 Leadership Conference" C.K. Steele, SCLC activist C.K. Steele STILLS 2 Fred Shuttleworth, SCLC activist Fred Shuttleworth STILLS 128 T.J. Jemison, SCLC activist T.J. Jemison STILLS 4 1958 King is stabbed Martin Luther King stab* STILLS 28
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS Influences 466
Gandhi: Gandhi [custom date range: King was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful VIDEOS 66 1929-47] protest against British occupation in India Gandhi [custom date range: STILLS 215 1929-47] Salt March for Freedom (Gandhi organises symbolic 1930 Gandhi Salt March VIDEOS 8 protest march against British rule) Gandhi Salt March STILLS 177
Prominent years in the Civil Rights Movement 1963 demonstrations/protests in Birmingham, Alabama 587 "Birmingham Movement" OR Birmingham campaign / civil rights protests / 1963 "Birmingham Campaign" OR VIDEOS 4 demonstrations "Birmingham Protest"
"Birmingham Movement" OR "Birmingham Campaign" OR STILLS 64 "Birmingham Protest" (Archival)
Civil Rights Birmingham [custom VIDEOS 5 date range: 1963] Civil Rights Birmingham [custom STILLS 317 date range: 1963] Segregation Birmingham Segregation in Birmingham, Alabama VIDEOS 7 Alabama Segregation Birmingham STILLS 151 Alabama
Desegregation Birmingham Desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama VIDEOS 1 Alabama
Desegregation Birmingham STILLS 38 Alabama
1963: King is imprisoned, publicised protests follow 267
King arrested: 1963 King was imprisoned and held in solitary confinement Martin Luther King jail VIDEOS 21 after defying an injunction against the protests
Martin Luther King jail STILLS 74
Martin Luther King prison NOT VIDEOS 13 jail
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Martin Luther King prison NOT STILLS 45 jail
Martin Luther King imprisoned STILLS 8 1963 King wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail Letter from Birmingham Jail STILLS 18 1963 King is released from prison Martin Luther King release* VIDEOS 13 Martin Luther King release* STILLS 15 Publicity re police brutality at civil rights protests: After King's release, television images of police using 1963 batons, dogs and high-pressure fire hoses against the Police Brutality Civil Protest* VIDEOS 41 young protesters sparked global outrage and won public support for King’s cause. Police Brutality Civil Protest* STILLS 19 (Archival)
1963: "I have a dream" speech 6,145 Martin Luther King dream King delivers infamous "I have a dream" speech [custom date range: VIDEOS 19 28/08/1963] Martin Luther King dream [custom date range: STILLS 140 28/08/1963] March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (28th 1963 March on Washington VIDEOS 2,524 August 1963) March on Washington STILLS 2700 March on Washington [custom VIDEOS 97 date range: 28/08/1963] March on Washington [custom date range: 28/08/1963] STILLS 400 (Archival) Lincoln Memorial [custom date Lincoln Memorial VIDEOS 40 range: 28/08/1963] Lincoln Memorial [custom date STILLS 149 range: 28/08/1963] 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Less than a month after King delivered his speech a Birmingham Church [custom 1963 VIDEOS 5 blast killed four young girls in a Birmingham church (Sep date range: Sep 1963] 1963) Birmingham Church [custom STILLS 43 date range: Sep 1963] 16th Street Baptist Church STILLS 28 bombing
1964-65: Legislative progress in the Civil Rights Movement 404 Martin Luther King Nobel Peace 1964 King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize VIDEOS 10 Prize
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS Martin Luther King Nobel Peace STILLS 90 Prize (Archival)
1964 The Civil Rights Act is passed Civil Rights Act VIDEOS 151
Civil Rights Act (Archival) STILLS 109 Voting Rights Act [custom date 1965 The Voting Rights Act is passed VIDEOS 3 range: 1965] Voting Rights Act (Archival) STILLS 41
1966-67: King moves to Chicago, national influence wanes 3,309
King and his family move to an apartment in Chicago’s 1966 black ghetto in 1966, launches Chicago Campaign to Martin Luther King Chicago VIDEOS 170 tackle economic segregation in Chicago
Martin Luther King STILLS 391 Chicago (Archival) Rise of alternative civil rights movements (i.e. Black Power movement): Black Power movement [custom VIDEOS 176 King's popularity begins to wane as more militant protest date range: 1960s] methods gain support: Black Power (Archival) STILLS 2389 King publicly opposed America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, further inhibiting his influence on national Martin Luther King Vietnam War VIDEOS 50 policy Martin Luther King Vietnam War STILLS 116
King established Poor People’s Campaign in December Poor People’s Campaign 1967 STILLS 17 1967 (Archival)
1968: Assassination Death (general) 2,283
Martin Luther King death Martin Luther King death VIDEOS 119
Martin Luther King death STILLS 287
King's final day, in Memphis, Tennessee: Apr-68 Martin Luther King Mountaintop VIDEOS 1 "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech (3rd April 1968)
Martin Luther King [custom date STILLS 6 range: 03/04/1968] (Archival)
King is shot dead on his hotel balcony in Memphis, Martin Luther King [custom date Apr-68 STILLS 45 Tennessee (4th April 1968) range: 04/04/1968] (Archival)
Funeral Martin Luther King funeral VIDEOS 49
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS Martin Luther King funeral STILLS 406 (Archival) Location: Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee (where Lorraine Motel Memphis STILLS 1,042 King was shot) Lorraine Motel Memphis VIDEOS 50 Martin Luther King assassination Riots after King's assassination VIDEOS 70 riots Martin Luther King assassination STILLS 201 riots (Archival) MLK assassination riots NOT VIDEOS 3 "Martin Luther King" MLK assassination riots NOT STILLS 4 "Martin Luther King"
Alleged murderer: James Earl Ray 348
Murderer: James Earl Ray James Earl Ray VIDEOS 47
James Earl Ray STILLS 233 "James Earle Ray" NOT STILLS 5 "James Earl Ray" James Earl Ray was a fugitive of Missouri State Missouri State Penitentiary VIDEOS 5 Penitentiary Missouri State Penitentiary STILLS 31 James Earl Ray was arrested in Heathrow Airport in Heathrow Airport [custom date Jun-68 London, apparently on his way to Rhodesia. (June 8th VIDEOS range 1950-70] 1963) Heathrow Airport [custom date STILLS range 1950-70]
Ray protested his innocence James Earl Ray Innocen* VIDEOS 2
James Earl Ray Innocen* STILLS 3
Ray's first attorney: Arthur Hanes Arthur Hanes VIDEOS 2
Arthur Hanes STILLS 4
Ray's second attorney: Percy Foreman Percy Foreman VIDEOS 2
Percy Foreman STILLS 14
Conspiracy theories "Killed by the FBI" 1,040 Martin Luther King conspiracy Martin Luther King conspiracy VIDEOS 3 Martin Luther King conspiracy STILLS 78
FBI "hounded' King FBI Martin Luther King VIDEOS 10
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DATE SUBJECT / EVENT SEARCH PHRASE LINKS ASSETS FBI Martin Luther King STILLS 15 FBI: J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI publicly denounced King as “the most notorious liar in the J. Edgar Hoover VIDEOS 186 country” (18th Nov 1964) J. Edgar Hoover STILLS 716 Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King VIDEOS 13 Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King STILLS 19
King's legacy 6,931 March on Memphis March On Memphis King VIDEOS 39 March On Memphis King STILLS 737
Martin Luther King Day "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" VIDEOS 212
"Martin Luther King Jr. Day" STILLS 4007 MLK Day NOT "Martin Luther VIDEOS 53 King Jr. Day" MLK Day NOT "Martin Luther STILLS 708 King Jr. Day" National Civil Rights Museum (formerly the Lorraine National Civil Rights Museum VIDEOS 69 Motel) National Civil Rights Museum STILLS 1,106
Additional features/documentaries 6 Martin Luther King: Assassination: Conspiracy Theory 1998 VIDEOS 1 (ITN) Reputations - Dr Martin Luther King: Days of Hope 1997 VIDEOS 1 (BBC)
1996 Wheeler on America - America's Long March (BBC) VIDEOS 1
1989 Inside Story - Who Killed Martin Luther King? (BBC) VIDEOS 1
1968 Famous Speeches - Martin Luther King (BBC) VIDEOS 1
Doubts and Certainties - Martin Luther King interview by 1967 VIDEOS 1 Gerald Priestland (BBC)
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