punditman says...
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
U2 - Pride (In the name of Love)
I was just a little kid when, 40 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. But I still recall the event vividly: having heard the terrible news of another violent calamnity in America (our neighbour to the south), my mother was crying, sobbing that "they've killed Martin Luther King."
One year earlier to the day, at Riverside Church in New York City, Dr. King delivered an impassioned speech against the Vietnam War.
His assassination led to riots in more than 100 American cities.
