2015
This Week in History: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history.
On March 30, 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.
On April 1, April Fool’s Day!
On April 3, 1882, American outlaw Jesse James was killed by friend Robert Ford, who was convicted of the murder but pardoned by the governor.
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. One day earlier, King delivered his now-famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, the last public address of his life.
Quote: “O Lord, Your sea is so great and my boat is so small.”-John F. Kennedy
Have a great week!
Easter Poem
The Donkey
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.
-G.K. Chesterton
Featured image (top), Source: The Washington Post.