Sadly, the civil rights movement had an overwhelmingly sad and tragic episode. Dr. King was shot dead in the southern U.S. city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions.

He was shot in the neck as he stood on a hotel balcony and died in hospital soon afterwards. Reverend Jesse Jackson was on the balcony with Dr. King when the single shot rang out.

" He had just bent over. I reckon if he hadn't been standing up he would not have been hit in the face," said Mr. Jackson.

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Bibliography: "Martin Luther King Jr." Lucid Cafe. 16 Jan. 2006. 22 Jan. 2006 <www.lucidcafe.com>.

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