Who is James Earl Ray? On April 4th, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights activist and Nobel Laureate, was assassinated by James Earl Ray on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In this blog post, we'll learn who James Earl Ray was, what role he played in the MLK assassination, and learn more about the man who killed Martin Luther … [Read more...] about James Earl Ray