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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled the United States and was captured in the United Kingdom.
Apr 3, 2018 · James Earl Ray, a career criminal who had briefly served in the U.S. Army, shot the advocate of non-violent resistance. Ray was spotted at the scene and, almost immediately after the killing,...
Jan 10, 2024 · A confirmed racist and small-time criminal, James Earl Ray began plotting the assassination of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in early 1968. He shot and killed King in Memphis...
May 28, 2024 · James Earl Ray (born March 10, 1928, Alton, Illinois, U.S.—died April 23, 1998, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American assassin of the African American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray had been a small-time crook, a robber of gas stations and stores, who had served time in prison, once in Illinois and twice in Missouri , and ...
Apr 4, 2018 · For some 50 years, the federal government has maintained that James Earl Ray was the gunman who assassinated King that day. But within Martin Luther King’s family, there remains a persistent...
James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, at London 's Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. [1] .
Jan 28, 2010 · On June 8, authorities apprehended the suspect in King’s murder, a small-time criminal named James Earl Ray, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house ...
James Earl Ray. assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., mortal shooting of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement, on April 4, 1968, as he stood on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come to lead a march by striking sanitation workers.
詹姆斯·厄尔·雷 （英語： James Earl Ray ，1928年3月10日—1998年4月23日），暗杀 美国 著名 黑人 民权领袖 马丁·路德·金 的 凶嫌 [3] [4] 。 简介. 1928年3月10日，雷出生在伊利诺斯州的奥尔顿，他是露西尔和乔治·埃利斯·雷的儿子。 他有爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士血统，有天主教教养。 1935年2月，雷的父亲在伊利诺伊州的奥尔顿开始支票诈骗。 为了逃避惩罚全家搬到了密苏里州的尤因，雷是九个孩子的第一胎，其中包括约翰·拉里·雷、富兰克林·雷、杰瑞·威廉·雷、梅尔巴·雷、卡罗尔·雷·佩珀、苏珊·雷和玛乔里·雷。 他的妹妹Marjorie小时候死于火灾。 雷十五岁就辍学了。
Apr 24, 1998 · James Earl Ray died yesterday at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital in Nashville while serving a 99-year sentence for the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To the end of his...
