Tributes To King Across USS
A nation mourns as tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. pour in from Atlanta to other cities. President Johnson declares a national day of mourning and planned funeral services unfold as crowds gather, with Abernathy and King family members delivering sermons and messages of nonviolence amid unrest and memorials in multiple locales.
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Mississippi
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King
Hubert J. Humphrey
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Ralph Abernathy
Violence Across Cities Sparks Nationwide Riots After King's Assassination
National unrest spreads as 32,000 troops patrol Washington and Chicago amid arson, looting, and 24 deaths. Police arrest hundreds in multiple states, with 628 cited as detained since Friday. Fires, bombings, and clashes disrupt cities from Des Moines to Tampa.
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Minneapolis
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North Carolina
Wilmington
Greensboro
Raleigh
Durham
Goldsboro
Weldon
Nashville
Negro College
Meachiem
Illinois National Guardsman
Joe Blain
West Madison Street
On Trail of King Suspect Says Clark
Attorney General Rumsey Clark said federal investigators are pursuing a suspect in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s Memphis assassination. He noted a name is being examined and that ballistic tests may link a rifle to the crime. He called for an early conclusion, with indictment and trial, likely in Tennessee.
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Meet the Press
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Viet War Strategy Talks End
Strategy sessions at the White House involved Secretary of State Dean Rusk Vice President Humphrey Defense Secretary Clifford and senior officials after a nine hour meeting. Westmoreland to be replaced as Army Chief of Staff and Hanoi says a delegation will meet U.S. officials for talks, signaling ongoing negotiations in a fraught war.
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Australia
White House
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Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Nicholas D. Katzenbach
Earls G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Westmoreland
Robert Cushman II
Khe Sanh
Army
Pham van Dong
U.S
Hanoi
King tribute urges end to violence and racial injustice
In Memphis Tennessee a crowd of about 7000 Negroes and whites heard Judge Ben Hooks urge turning from violence in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. He said King would not want burning, looting, or theft and called for respect for his memory at Crump Stadium.
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Robert. H. Bolton
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Georgia
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Spelman College
Morehouse College
Memphis
Tenn
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Martin Luther King
Ben Hooks
Tennessee
Crump Stadium
Hanoi Condemns Murder of Martin Luther King Jr
The Hanoi newspaper Nhan Dan on Sunday voiced deep anger at the cold blooded murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, signaling a rare international condemnation from Vietnam amid a wave of tributes and political reaction.
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Hanoi
Nhan Dan Sunday
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