Assassination of Martin Luther King

By kmcvey001
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    Leading the Civil Rights Movement

    Using his speeches and protests to fight segregation in a non violent way.
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    Assassination attempt on Martin Luther King Jr.

    There was a attempted assassination of MLK in the shoe section of a department store in Harlem.
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    Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    At 6:05 P.M the very next day of the attempted assassination in the department store, MLK was shot by a sniper in the neck. He was standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. He died one hour later at the age of 39.
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    Fair Housing Act

    "A major piece of civil rights legislation that prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex."

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