King Was Murdered—110 Cities Burned. They Still Don't Teach This On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Within hours, America ignited. Over 110 cities experienced civil unrest—what became known as the King Assassination Riots or the Holy Week Uprising. This was the largest wave of social unrest in American history since the Civil War. The numbers are staggering. According to National Archives records, the

Fifty years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy gave an iconic speech in Indianapolis, telling the crowd about Martin Luther King's assassination. The city was expected to riot, but instead, he calmed the crowd into silence. Watch Kennedy's full speech below. https://www.wthr.com/article/watch-robert-kennedy-gives-speech-in-indianapolis-after-mlks-assassination | WTHR-TV