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MLK assassinationAtlas

Government & Politics · Assassinations & deaths of public figures

Competing accounts of whether Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination was a closed single-actor case or involved a wider network, including disputed agency roles beyond surveillance history.

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Timeline

  1. 1968-04-04 · eventKing assassinated in Memphis
  2. 1968-04-04 · eventKing is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis
  3. 1968-06-08 · eventAuthorities arrest James Earl Ray in London
  4. 1969-03-10 · eventJames Earl Ray enters a guilty plea to King’s murder
  5. 1969-03-10 · eventJames Earl Ray enters guilty plea
  6. 1975 · investigationChurch Committee documents FBI COINTELPRO targeting of King
  7. 1975 · investigationChurch Committee documents FBI targeting of King
  8. 1976 · investigationHouse Select Committee on Assassinations begins reviewing the King case
  9. 1979 · mutationHSCA conspiracy-likelihood finding becomes a lasting rival frame to the lone-gunman account
  10. 1979 · investigationHSCA issues findings on the King assassination
  11. 1979 · document_releaseHSCA releases findings on the King assassination
  12. 1998 · popularizationGerald Posner publishes Killing the Dream arguing Ray acted as the assassin
  13. 1998 · eventJames Earl Ray dies while still seeking to reopen his case
  14. 1999 · popularizationCivil litigation verdict renews public conspiracy attention
  15. 1999 · amplificationCivil verdict renews mass-media attention to government-conspiracy claims
  16. 1999 · eventMemphis civil jury finds conspiracy liability in King family suit against Loyd Jowers

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