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title: "How did African Americans respond to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968?"  
description: "How did African Americans respond to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41790/how-did-african-americans-respond-to-the-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr-in-april-1968  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did African Americans respond to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968?

How did [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) respond to the assassination of [Martin Luther King Jr](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101481/tell-me-about-martin-luther-king-jr-s-contributions-to-civil-rights). in April 1968?


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