Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Remembered

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File photos from The Vindicator regarding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

A woman walks nonchainantly by an armoured personnel carrier, one of two that were pressed into service by the National Guard last night.  People emerged from their homes to view the destruction this morning and paid little attention to the guardsmen.

A woman walks nonchainantly by an armoured personnel carrier, one of two that were pressed into service by the National Guard last night. People emerged from their homes to view the destruction this morning and paid little attention to the guardsmen.


Police confront a group in front of Mac's Tavern at 720 Hillman St., just three doors from the shooting scene.  Police said it took them half an hour to get the group to move this far.

Police confront a group in front of Mac's Tavern at 720 Hillman St., just three doors from the shooting scene. Police said it took them half an hour to get the group to move this far.


A cleaners at Hillman and Woodland in Youngstown assesses the damage to the store after riots erupted once the news spread the Martin Luther King had been assassinated.

Vindicator file photo

A cleaners at Hillman and Woodland in Youngstown assesses the damage to the store after riots erupted once the news spread the Martin Luther King had been assassinated. Vindicator file photo


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