Roads to Memphis

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Roads to Memphis

Season 30 Episode 5 | 53m 7s | CC

On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society.

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