LIFE magazine from April 1968
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LIFE magazine from April 1968
LIFE Magazine, Vol. 64, No. 15, published April 12, 1968, with a cover story about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.This image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum’s Reading Room.
LIFE magazine from April 1968
04/12/1968
Paper
13 3/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26.7 × 0.6 cm)
Ruth Marble Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1999.027.0029
Although one might suspect from the somber cover that this entire issue of Life Magazine was devoted to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., because of publication deadlines only seven of its one-hundred-plus pages chronicle the life and death of Dr. King. It was in the following week's issue (April 19, 1968) that Life devoted an editorial to his legacy and more than a dozen pages to the King funeral and assassination aftermath.The remainder of this April 12, 1968, issue includes stories about President Lyndon Johnson, Democratic presidential candidates Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy and the rock group, The Doors. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
LIFE magazine from April 1968
LIFE Magazine, Vol. 64, No. 15, published April 12, 1968, with a cover story about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.This image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum’s Reading Room.
LIFE magazine from April 1968
04/12/1968
Assassination
Bibliography
Obituary
Magazines
Photographs
Vietnam
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
LIFE Magazine
Chicago
Paper
13 3/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26.7 × 0.6 cm)
Ruth Marble Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1999.027.0029
Although one might suspect from the somber cover that this entire issue of Life Magazine was devoted to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., because of publication deadlines only seven of its one-hundred-plus pages chronicle the life and death of Dr. King. It was in the following week's issue (April 19, 1968) that Life devoted an editorial to his legacy and more than a dozen pages to the King funeral and assassination aftermath.The remainder of this April 12, 1968, issue includes stories about President Lyndon Johnson, Democratic presidential candidates Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy and the rock group, The Doors. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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