Tomorrow it will be 44 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The civil rights leader and noble peace prize laureate was shot in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.
The night before, Dr. King delivered what would become his final public speech.
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