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Roads to Memphis [assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Roads to Memphis [assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.]

DVD 2010

Documents the story of assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis in April of 1968. Explores the wildly disparate, yet fatefully entwined stories of Ray and King to create a complex, engaging, and thought-provoking portrait of America in that crisis-laden year.

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Assassination
Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998
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ISBN:
9781608832118
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Other Title:
American experience (Television program)
Notes:
Originally copyrighted 2010 and broadcast on public television as an episode of the program American experience
Featuring eyewitness testimony from King's inner circle and the officials involved in James Earl Ray's capture ; commentary from Hampton Sides, award winning author of: Hellhound on his trail : the stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the international hunt for his assassin
DVD, widescreen, region 1, NTSC
Closed-captioned
Control Number:
780515
UPC:
841887012140
Other Authors:
Sides, Hampton
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