Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He was the oldest son of the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King. He was named Michael Luther after his father. Later, the Reverend King changed both their names to Martin Luther in honor a great church leader. When Martin was a kid, he was exposed to the racial prejudices. One day his father took him to buy new shoes. When they sat down …showed first 75 words of 1058 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1058 total…the head. No witness saw Ray shoot, although one claimed he saw a man leaving the bathroom around that time. A bag was found in front of a store near the rooming house, and the bag had a rifle sticking out of it. The rifle bore James Earl Ray's fingerprints. James Earl Ray confessed in court to the crime, and was sentenced to life instead of being given the death penalty due to that confession.