#1 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/16/2021 #9

In 1978, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he’d been set up by a mysterious man called “Raoul”. #JamesEarlRay

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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/10/2022 #9

In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, TN, (on his 41st birthday) to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.) #JamesEarlRay #MLK

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/23/2022 #12

In 1998, James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and then insisted he’d been framed, died at a Nashville, TN, hospital at age 70. #JamesEarlRay

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/08/2022 #8

In 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Where did Ray get the money? #JamesEarlRay

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/10/2022 #9

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured June 13th. #JamesEarlRay

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/13/2022 #9

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recaptured following his escape three days earlier from a Tennessee prison. #JamesEarlRay

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