Black In America Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assasination
Just a quick reminder that the CNN documentary, “Black In America Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assasination” is on tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr was assasinated at a Memphis, Tennessee motel. In this first installment of CNN’s Black in America series, Soledad O’Brien investigates how James Earl Ray, an armed robber and escaped convict, had already spent an uncommon year on the run just a month before his path collided with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In viewing the CNN website, they seem to have a lot of interesting information on what happened the day he died. Check it out and let me know what you think.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Everytime I see this motel I get chills. This was the most life-changing experience I have had in my 31 years on this earth. As a freshman at Texas A&M, fall 1995, I had the honor of visiting the motel/civil rights museum as part of the Couses: Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. This week long tour took 17 people through some of the historic civil rights hot spots of the south. To stand near the room where Dr. King said his last words and took his last breath is something I will never forget. If you care anything about yourself as an African American you make make every effort to visit the motel/museum. Reflect, Remember, Re-ignite. Reflect on the past, Remember what Dr. King was able to accomplish in his short life. Re-ignite what he started, but was unable to finish…equality and justice for all. We still have a long way to go.
E
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Eric, thanks for the comment. I’ve never been before, but I want to take the family. It’ll be important for my kids to see because it’s part of their history. I don’t want them to take all the freedoms and liberties they have for granted. People died so we could have the same rights as others and they need to know that.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I went on the trip in Spring 00 and it also changed my life and remains to be a large part of the kindling that keeps my “fire for change” alive.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I was in Memphis last summer and had plans to go. However, I was there on the only day the museum is closed–Tuesday. Dang it! I’ll definitely get there at some point.