Comments on: 2 Surprising Facts about the MLK Assassination

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:15:16 +0000

Smoking kills, people!

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:23:10 +0000

A few years ago James Earl Jones received a special award on MLK Day but they accidentally put the name on the award as James Earl Ray. Awkwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:44:46 +0000

people don’t like to mention why he was in Memphis that day as well. Organizing a labor union is still a tad pink (read communist) for some people.

Also I didn’t know the name of the man (James Earl Ray) who shot him until high school. I had always assumed his murder was unsolved because none of my teachers ever mentioned the details of his death. if we know the names of the men who killed JFK, Lincoln, and Lennon shouldn’t we know the same for MLK?

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:40:52 +0000

@reddbeard

I think he meant that the actor, James Earl Jones, has been confused by the media for the actual assassin, James Earl Ray. When JEA died, someone said live on air that JEJ was the recently deceased.

By: reddbeard

reddbeard — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Hey Zach, You opened Pandora’s box on the James Earl Jones thing. Do you care to elaborate? FTR, I don’t think it was Jones either.

By: joey

joey — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:20:11 +0000

there was no 911 back then. that didn’t start in the memphis area until the early eighties. i was in memphis that fateful day–it was terrifying!

By: Mangesh

Mangesh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:58:16 +0000

yup… I just put that in there because I was tired of writing the word ambulance. I switched it out, though, to lessen any confusion. Thanks BassMan.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:57:40 +0000

I’m going to start telling people the first one when they give me hell for smoking.

Also, Suprising to Some people, the assasin was infact, NOT, James Earl Jones.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:53:43 +0000

Great Post

By: BassMan

BassMan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:50:11 +0000

I can’t prove it, but I don’t think there was a 911 back then.
Anybody know for sure?