James Earl Ray's tragic ties to Alabama and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years ago today
Ray lived in Birmingham, where he bought the rifle used to kill King and dreamed that President George Wallace would pardon him.
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Ray lived in Birmingham, where he bought the rifle used to kill King and dreamed that President George Wallace would pardon him.
After leaving Los Angeles, Ray drove toward Atlanta, making several stops before going back to Birmingham, where he had stayed briefly after his escape from a Missouri prison that caged him for seven years for robbing a grocery store. While in Birmingham, Ray purchased the rifle he used to kill Marin Luther King, Jr.
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