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turned violent.
• Delivers” I've Been to the M ountaintop speech.”
• At sunset on April 4, M artin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot
while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in M em
phis, Tenn.
• There are riots and disturbances in 130 American cities.
There were 20,000 arrests.
• King's funeral on April 9 is an international event.
• W ithin a week o f the assassination, the Open Housing Act
is passed by Congress.
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• On N ov. 2, a national holiday is proclaimed in King's
honor.