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Last testament of the man who killed Martin Luther King; 'RACIST? I DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD'; WORLD EXCLUSIVE: FIRST AND LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE GUNMAN WHO MURDERED A DREAM.(Features)

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From: Sunday Mirror (London, England)
Date: 19980405
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EARLY morning, April 4, shot rings out in the Memphis sky...U2 turned it into a rock anthem, but the assassination of Martin Luther King 30 years ago was already the stuff of legend.

The charismatic black preacher had electrified the American civil rights movement with his powerful oratory, in particular one stunning speech with the recurring motif: "I have a dream..."

In a bare, sparse cell at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville, Tennessee, sits the man who murdered that dream. The fingerprints of James Earl Ray were the only ones found on the Remington 30.06 ...

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