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James Earl Ray escapes. Hampton Sides' account of Martin Luther King's murder. Read by Clarke Peters and Christian Camargo. From July 2010.

Hampton Sides' compelling book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray.

In this opening episode, Ray makes a dramatic escape from his penitentiary and assumes the first of many aliases.

Meanwhile, an increasingly exhausted Martin Luther King plans a bold new direction for the civil rights movement.

Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.

First published in 2010 and abridged by Viv Beeby.

Producer: Emma Harding

First broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 in 2010.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Mar 2018 02:45

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Jul 2010 09:45
  • Tue 13 Jul 2010 00:30
  • Mon 4 May 2015 14:45
  • Tue 5 May 2015 02:45
  • Mon 26 Mar 2018 14:45
  • Tue 27 Mar 2018 02:45

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