Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum
gptkbp:convictedOf gptkb:James_Earl_Ray
1969-03-10
gptkbp:date 1968-04-04
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:impact national mourning
nationwide riots
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:FBI
gptkbp:location gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:motive unknown
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Lorraine_Motel
gptkbp:period 6:01 p.m. CST
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:James_Earl_Ray
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Poor_People's_Campaign
gptkbp:result death of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:sentence 99 years in prison
gptkbp:subjectOf conspiracy theories
documentaries
numerous books
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Remington_Model_760_Gamemaster_rifle
gptkbp:witnessedBy gptkb:Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4