Martin+Luther+King+Jr.is+killed

Name of Event (1 pt) • Martin Luther King Jr. is killed

When/Where this event took place (2 pts) • Dr. King was killed on April 4,1968 in Memphis, Tennessee

Who was involved? (3 pts) • The person that was involved in Dr. King’s assassination is Mr. James Earl Ray.

What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts) • What had happened when Dr. King was killed is that he was in the balcony of the hotel when he was shot at. He was getting ready to go on his way to a dinner with his friends.

What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts) • The significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement is that Dr.King was helping the African American while they were going through all that segregation. He was wishing for every person in this world to have the same rights. For every person in this world will be treated the same. For segregation to have an end.

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts) • From a scale of 1 through 10 on how great of an impact this even had on the Civil Rights Movement I would say it had to just about a 5. It’s a five to my point of view because the impact it had wasn’t as great and when he had pastes away the things he wished for did happen but than again it’s still the same. Sometimes!

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Sources (2 pts)

♦ http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assassination ♠ [].