Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (photos taken by Joseph Louw and Henry Groskinsky) check out
Martin Luther King standing on the balcony on the day of his assassination along with his best friend Ralph Abernathy on the right. On the left is Jesse Jackson, to his left another preacher
Everyone pointing to the area from which James Earl Ray fired his weapon
the first police officer made it on to the balcony. The man standing to the right of the police officer is King's best friend Ralph Abernathy. You can see the pain on that mans face as he's looking down at his friend dying.
Ralph Abernathy and others crouched down tending to King who has a small white Motel towel on the wound in his right jaw.
Blood beginning to pool around King's head
Shows King from almost directly above him with Ralph Abernathy holding the towel to his face. In photo 7, the other man bent down on the right side of Martin Luther King is Andrew Young, a preacher and friend of King.
Police try to get him onto a stretcher
Police and paramedics getting King situated on the stretcher by strapping him on and what not. notice the spot of blood on one of the officer's hands
King loaded onto the stretcher while someone tries to put pressure on the towel that's being held to the wound
Everyone working together to get king down the stairs and into an ambulance