April 4, 1968

April 4, 1968 marks the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In this video, The Root takes a look back at the aftermath. Watch a slide show of photographs, and listen to audio footage of Bobby Kennedy delivering the news of King's death at an Indianapolis campaign stop.

Read more on King’s assassination: Alice Bonner remembers the night Washington burned black, Brian Gilmore on this old housing crisis, Melissa Harris-Lacewell looks behind Coretta's veil, Marian Wright Edelman says honoring King is not enough, Martin Johnson compiles tunes for a King soundtrack. Monique Fields tells why she doesn't work on King Day. Jack White says the government wasn’t out to get King. Ibram Rogers on the National Mall's stone-faced lie. And Jack White ponders what could have happened if Bobby Kennedy hadn't been shot.

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