On April 4th 1968. Martin Luther King as assassinated.
Read his original obituary from the New York Times
The New Yorker Magazine has some articles honouring his contribution.
King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of
God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. On the following day, King
was assassinated.This is his famous I have been to the Mountaintop speech which is reproduced in the King Encyclopedia from Stanford University
This also has a timeline of events, access to full text speeches and documents relating to the civil riughts movement in the USA.
Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change also has an extensive online digital archive about the life and impact of Dr King. These include manuscripts, speeches and letters.
National Archives has a page with resources for teachers.
In terms of the assassination Shelby County have an online archive of police records.They include crime scene evidence, James Earl Ray documents and sheriff's notes.
There were reports of a conspiracy in 2000 this was investigated by United States Department of Justice. The report is online.
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