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He said, if we dont have a peaceful march in memphis, we cannot go to washington. >> that very next day, friday, march 29th, james earl ray drove from atlanta back to birmingham. he found this ad in the local newspaper. rays own words, again. >> we got the address of the eromarine supply out of the want ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> the store owner did not want to be interviewed, but pointed out where ray stood at the counter that day. >> i asked the sales...

>> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> theres another dot connected to the bank of alton. >> reporter: detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 was a lot of money. >> but james earl ray claims the money came from the mysterious raoul. never a last name. >> he just called that name raoul. thats ...

He found this ad in the local newspaper. rays own words, again. >> we got the address of the aeromarine supply out of the wanted ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> the store owner did not want to be interviewed, but pointed out where ray stood at the counter that day. >> i asked the salesman for a deer rifle, he showed me one, which i bought. >> but after ray left, he insisted the mystery man, raoul, told him to get a different rifle. >> i then called aeromarin...

Seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> theres another dot connected to the bank of alton. detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 was a lot of money. >> but james earl ray claims the money came from the mysterious raoul. never a last name. >> he just called that name raoul. thats the only name he ever called him. >> ray ...

Come back and do it. he said, if we dont have a peaceful march in memphis, we cannot go to washington. >> that very next day, friday, march 29th, james earl ray drove from atlanta back to birmingham. he found this ad in the local newspaper. rays own words, again. >> we got the address of the aeromarine supply out of the wanted ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> the store owner did not want to be interviewed, but pointed out where ray stood at the counter that d...

He said, if we dont have a peaceful march in memphis, we cannot go to washington. >> that very next day, friday, march 29th, james earl ray drove from atlanta back to birmingham. he found this ad in the local newspaper. rays own words, again. >> we got the address of the eromarine supply out of the want ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> that next day james earl ray drove from birmingham. >> i called and they said they had a large supply of rifles. >> the store...

It cost $1,995. the only thing i didnt like was the color. it was white. >> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> theres another dot connected to the bank of alton. >> reporter: detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 was a lot of money. >> but james earl ray claims the money came from the myste...

Education is how wide these gaps have become. >> ray left office this year. classes are more demanded and high school students have to take four years of science to graduate. >> for him, four years of closing the gap is this hands-on learning. its designed to excite and engage kids. >> they have gone out and done the studies to determine whether or not a watershed, a local watershed is polluted, and with what. and in their english classes, they read a book on water pollution. we want kids to see...

He registered the mustang under the same name. with this new license plate and his new identity, ray left for mexico. ray then moved on to los angeles and settled into a low rent hotel. perhaps more significantly, he did this. >> i had plastic surgery on my nose. it had been mashed to the left. after i got to the hotel, i moved the bandage to the right to change my appearance more. >> ray underwent that plastic surgery on march 5th, only 30 days before martin luther king jr. would die. >> i have...

Was reverend king determined to come back and do it right? >> oh, yes. he was absolutely determined to come back and do it. he said, if we dont have a peaceful march in memphis, we cannot go to washington. >> that very next day, friday, march 29th, james earl ray drove from atlanta back to birmingham. he found this ad in the local newspaper. rays own words, again. >> we got the address of the eromarine supply out of the want ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> t...