Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and passed away on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Quick answer

  • Martin Luther King Jr. died on April 4, 1968.
  • He was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and was pronounced dead shortly afterward at a nearby hospital.

A bit of context

  • King was in Memphis to support a strike by Black sanitation workers when he was shot.
  • His death sparked uprisings and mourning across many U.S. cities and led to even stronger calls for civil rights and racial justice.

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