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How was Martin Luther king Jr. killed?

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Martin was born on January 15 ,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S He was born to African – American missionary, Martin Luther King Sr.

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Martin was known for his work against the racism in the U.S around 1960.

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He was an American Baptist minister like his father and also involved in civil rights activism

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Martin Luther believed in nonviolence and civil disobedience in his march against color-based inequality

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He also stood for right to vote, labor rights and other issues of humanity in his time. He was inspired by great Indian leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi

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King was stabbed on September 20, 1958 by a black woman but he escaped the death

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Martin was shot by James Earl Ray on April 4,1968 at the Lorraine Motel and he died after emergency surgery at St. Joseph hospital

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Due to the police presence nearby the motel, a conspiracy theory aroused which claimed the involvement of FBI in the assassination of Martin Luther

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