Martin Luther King: 50th anniversary of death will see events across nation

Commemorations are planned across the US for Wednesday to honor the civil rights leader on the date of his assassination

Much of the United States will come to a halt next Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination.

Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr King was shot dead on 4 April 1968, will be the epicenter as all across the US commemorations are scheduled to honor the memory of the country’s most influential and celebrated civil rights leader.

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