Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 56 years ago today, on April 4, 1968. On the anniversary, his niece, Alveda King, highlighted to Fox News Digital five landmarks that tell the civil rights story.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead 56 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin 'hoped to kill MLK's great and widespread dream of unity,' Alveda King, the civil rights leader's niece, posted on Thursday morning, April 4, on social media. The killer failed in his mission, King wrote in her message. CHRISTIAN FILMMAKER JIM WAHLBERG SAYS MOTHER TERESA ‘LED ME’ TO GOD AND TO SOBRIETY IN PRISON 'Praise God … The dream didn't die with my uncle.
Two bombs exploded at the reverend's home in an assassination attempt on May 11, while he was home with his wife, Naomi, and five children – including Alveda King, who was just 12 years old at the time. 2. The birth home of King children in Atlanta, Georgia The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and his wife Alberta King lived in a beautiful Queen Anne-style home at 501 Auburn Ave. when they welcomed three children: daughter Willie Christine and her younger brothers, Martin Jr. and Alfred Daniel .
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