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

January 19, 2015 by The Traveler 
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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

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

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