James Earl Ray confessed to the crime in 1969 but later claimed he was set up. Many, including King's family, suspect a larger conspiracy involving other individuals or organizations. James Earl ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray ... in Memphis, Ray, a small-time thief, would stand in a bathtub at a flophouse across the street from the Lorraine Hotel and fire one shot at civil ...

King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4 ... King was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis where he was declared dead. James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old who had been in and out of prison, confessed ...

Jowers further claimed that James Earl Ray was not the gunman who shot King, and that King’s real assassin was an “African American man.” Later, he alternatively described the assassin as a white ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving ... The day after he arrived in Memphis, Ray, a small-time thief, would stand in a bathtub at a flophouse across the street from the Lorraine ...