On Monday, communities across ... age 39 in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray, PBS said. Shortly after 6 p.m. on April 4, ...

Though assassinated at 39 years old while in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by sanitation workers, King's advocacy for justice and equality live on across ... room at the Lorraine Motel ...

The day after he arrived in Memphis, Ray, a small-time thief, would stand in a bathtub at a flophouse across the street ... house across a parking lot from the Lorraine Hotel. He was first shown a ...