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Library Branch: Glenwood Branch
Room: Glenwood Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
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Martin Luther King Jr., a clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.  The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed into law by President Lyndon B.