MLK, Murder and the Hot Dog Shoppe

April 14, 1968, was no exception. The music mingled with the murmur of several scores of customers–none of which on this day was black. I worked fryer that day. The crowd, lighter than normal, was somewhat sedate, until breaking news interrupted the familiar mix of pop tunes. ” From Memphis–Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. has been shot, said the announcer. He’s dead.”

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