Forty years ago tomorrow, April 04 2008, Civil Rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was struck down by an assassin’s bullet. He was 39 year old.

Thousands will reverently commemorate the fortieth anniversary of his assassination. They will converge on Memphis and Atlanta, King’s birthplace, and join in symposia, conferences and intimate church gatherings across the nation.

At those gatherings, people will inevitably be asking themselves: how much has changed since we lost Dr. King four decades ago? How far have we come since his death? How far must we still travel to realize his vision for our nation?

continued: 40th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination

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