Scenarios about 'James Earl Ray'
James Earl Ray was the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. After an international manhunt, Ray was captured and sentenced to 99 years in prison, though he later recanted his confession, fueling conspiracy theories about possible involvement of others in King's assassination. His actions drastically altered the trajectory of the American civil rights movement and remain a pivotal moment in alternate history scenarios exploring different outcomes for racial equality in America.
What If Martin Luther King Jr. Wasn't Assassinated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. survived the events at the Lorraine Motel in 1968, potentially reshaping American civil rights, politics, and social justice movements for decades to come.