by Sally Barber
synopsis
Examine one of the most talked about events in modern history, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rare archival material tells the story of King's murder at the hands of James Earl Ray in 1968. The film reviews the history of the Ku Klux Klan, the racist organization founded to harass blacks following the Civil War. This video is available individually, or as part of a five-volume set exploring some of the world's most shocking crimes and trials. The set also includes: Murph the Surf and the Boston Brinks Robbery, Massacre of the Tsar and Stalin and Katyn, John Wayne Gacy and Richard Speck, and the Trial of Adolf Eichmann and Hitler and the Nuremberg Trials.
