Shown is the building from which James Earl Ray made the fatal shot.
The well known picture that is forever seared in my memory is of the scene 180 degrees from the above viewpoint... that of the balcony showing Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson and others pointing across the way toward the location of the perpetrator.
John, a typo I guess, but Lee Havey Oswald shot JFK, not MLK.
ReplyDeleteNot a typo... a senior moment. Thanks for pointing out my error. It is now fixed.
DeleteThat 1968 photo of the men pointing where the shot came from is iconic. The event was just one of the tragedies of that era.
ReplyDeleteThose were very sad times indeed. Seems lately that we haven't come very far in race relations over the past 50+ years.
ReplyDeleteHay que mantener la memoria de los hechos trascendentales de nuestro tiempo. Bien hecho.
ReplyDeleteAbrazo