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Life Magazine Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Aftermath Surface - Video 4/3/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | April 3, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 04/03/2009 7:55:10 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is a report on photos taken in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that are just now being published. A Life Magazine photographer rushed to the scene on April 4, 1968 after King was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The report shows several of the photos he took at the motel after King was killed. . . . . . . (Watch Video Report)

(Excerpt) Read more at freedomslighthouse.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: life; martinlutherking; memphis; mlk

1 posted on 04/03/2009 7:55:11 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

Posted previously —

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221980/posts


2 posted on 04/03/2009 7:57:46 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Star Traveler

Not the video report


3 posted on 04/03/2009 8:05:00 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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Thanks. It's nice to see photos of this as an adult rather than just remembering the event as it occurred during my youth. I always just think of having troops as our police force then.
4 posted on 04/03/2009 8:16:01 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Do any of these photos show Jesse Jackson cradling Bobby’s head in his arms?


5 posted on 04/03/2009 8:20:48 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Federalist Patriot

Big freaking deal...


6 posted on 04/03/2009 8:25:49 PM PDT by opaque soul
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