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Dramatic Headlines Speak for Themselves… Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated!

Posted By GuyHeilenman On In Death Reports,Newspaper Collecting Ideas,Noteworthy Issues,The 20th & 21st Centuries | No Comments

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, April 5, 1968 [1], which featured a report on the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:

“DR. KING IS SHOT TO DEATH” [1]