This CBS News Special Report was broadcast on April 5, 1968, one day after the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination in Memphis. This section includes coverage of the riots and looting in Was…
Taken from a news report on April 5th, 1968, Ike Pappas reported from the Lorraine Motel. He walked through the motel where Dr. King was shot and the flophouse where the shooter was.
Speaking at a memorial service, Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes spoke about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
CBS news coverage including reporters Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Jed Duvall, Roger Mudd, Ike Pappas, Bill Plante, John Hart and Peter Burns as well as appearances by Mayor Daley (Chicago), …
On the day following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Johnson addressed the nation about King's legacy.
one day after King's assassination, violent riots and looting in parts of the U.S.
Johnson's plea for end to violence and CBS coverage of riots in Washington DC
Martin Luther King - Assassination and Aftermath
A detailed account of MLK's assassination one day later; funeral services
CBS news report describing scenes in Chicago after assassination of MLK
