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.
During these days of boycott, Dr. King was arrested, his home was bombed and he was subjected to personal abuse. Dr. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his now-iconic I Have a Dream speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. King was awarded five honorary degrees and named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963.