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22: The Dream Maker
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The official narrative states that James Earl Ray fired a single shot from a nearby rooming house bathroom. CBS News reporter Ike Peppas describes the immediate aftermath and the assassin's escape, marking the end of King's life at age 39.