Where and When?Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April, 1968 in Memphis, TN.
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What was he doing?When he was assassinated he was in Memphis giving speeches about protesting black sanitation conditions.
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He was killed because people did not agree with his views on racial discrimination. He was a prominent activist for African American rights. He mainly operated in the south where racism was the most prominent. Due to the large amount of racism there were many people opposed to MLK's views and were not afraid to use violent means to silence him forever.
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He is most famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech which he delivered in 1963 in Washington D.C. He is known as having been the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that took place in 1955.
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