The 56th anniversary of MLK’s death

By Charlotte Fontaine& NASHVILLE, TN — Thursday, April 4, 2024 was the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day serves as a solemn reminder of his achievements, what could have been, and the continuing racial injustices that plague us today.& On that fateful day, King had planned for a “Poor People’s March” to Washington. However, King decided last minute to visit Memphis, Tennessee to support a city sanitation workers strike. In an eerie coincidence, the night before his death, King recalled in a speech in the Mason Temple Church in Memphis, “I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.” The day of the assassination began almost routinely as King stayed in his usual hotel room (306) at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. He was talking to Reverend Jesse Jackson on his room’s balcony when at 6:01 p.m. he was suddenly hit in the face with a bullet. He died around an hour later. Alledgedly King’s autopsy revealed that upon examination, his heart looked like one that should have belonged to a 60-year-old, and not a 39-year...