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James Earl Ray

March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998

American criminal, convicted for the murder of civil rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968

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James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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  • Birthday · March 10
  • Anniversary · April 23

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