Martin Luther King's Last Speech
3 April 1968, Church of God in Christ, Memphis, Tennessee
On 4 April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and abuse those whom God has sent as messengers to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you would not let me.
As you willed, your house is now yours, but is made desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you rise and say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
