History's Newsstand Blog
  • Home
  • About
  • In The News
  • Archives
  • YouTube Channel
  • eBay Store
  • RareNewspapers.com
Subscribe to History's Newsstand BlogNews Feed

Search

The Rare & Early Newspapers Hobby

Receive the Newsletter

Buy Historic Newspapers

  • Recent Posts

    • Announcing: Catalog #359 for October, 2025 – Rare & Early Newspapers…
    • The many views of Niagara Falls – inspirating wood-cut illustration…
    • Deal of a Lifetime… Doubling America with the Louisiana Purchase…
    • The reason I collected it: our most remote newspaper yet…
    • Is it Patriot Day, Patriot’s Day, or are they interchangeable?

  • Most Viewed Post

    • Do Old and Antique Newspapers Have Any Collectible Value?
    • A quiet title...
    • Announcing: Catalog #348 for November, 2024 - Rare & Early Newspapers...
    • Journalists at Their Gritty Best...
    • The October (2024) Newsletter from Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers...

  • Recent Comments

    • GuyHeilenman on Most historic: Pre-Revolutionary War…
    • WellnessGuru on Snapshot 1866 – Slavery: A Wound on the Soul of a Nation…
    • GARY MILAN on Most historic: Pre-Revolutionary War…
    • Announcing: Catalog #357 for August, 2025 – Rare & Early Newspapers… : History's Newsstand Blog on Ben Franklin’s 1st contribution to The Gentleman’s Magazine, London…
    • audizen tinnitus on Oddball collecting ideas – advice columns through time…

  • Blogroll

    • American Antiquarian Society
    • Freedom Forum
    • History Buff (Nonprofit Organization)
    • Library of Congress – Newspaper Project
    • Newseum – News Analysis
    • Our eBay Store
    • Our YouTube Video Channel
    • Periodyssey
    • RareNewspapers.com

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • Tags

    18th Century 19th century 20th century 1700's 1800's 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassination baseball black americana catalog Catalog announcements civil war collecting newspapers Confederate Food for Thought George Washington Great Headlines harper's weekly historic newspapers holidays humor humorous illustrated newspapers Inventions Jewish journalism Judaica just for fun literature London newsletter newspapers old newspapers old west politics President Lincoln Presidents rare newspapers religion Revolutionary War slavery sports war of 1812 www.rarenewspapers.com

Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Martin Luther King, Jr. slain…

January 19, 2015 by The Traveler 
Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 5, 1968: “DR. KING SLAIN BY SNIPER IN MEMPHIS“Blog-1-23-2015-Dr.-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Slain

If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
  • Dramatic Headlines Speak for Themselves… Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated!
  • Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Watts riots in Los Angeles…
  • Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Martin Luther King Jr. march on Washington and speech…
  • Dramatic Headlines Speak for Themselves… WWII – Attack on Los Angeles…
  • Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Black Dahlia found…

Filed under: Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, The 20th & 21st Centuries
Tagged: Assassinations, black americana, civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Comments

Feel free to leave a comment...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!




Copyright © 2008 · All rights reserved · Log in