This practice is a collaboration between Sparrow and Volunteers of America Michigan to serve the areaâs homeless, the first such project between a health system and VOAMI in Michigan, and only the second in the nation.
Dr. King's Assassination. Background: On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a sniper's bullet while standing on the second-floor balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As news of King's death spread, violent riots broke out in African American neighborhoods in over one hundred cities across the United States.
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (4 April 1968) Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (4 April 1968) At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-ï¬oor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.