Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Eyewitness Opens Up 50 Years Later | MSNBC
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2018
- 50 years ago, Mary Ellen Ford witnessed the tragic moment Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in the hotel where she was working. Now, and for the very first time, Ford opens up about her extremely personal experience -- one that even her brother hadn't known for decades -- to NBC's Craig Melvin.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Eyewitness Opens Up 50 Years Later | MSNBC
Bless her heart.😢 The reporter is a very empathic man. ❤
He was! I liked how he handled her in a very compassionate manner.
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Glad she was able to tell her story when she was ready.
“We didn’t think he was going to die.”
“Why not?”
“…He can’t.”
Wow 🥺
Dr. King's death can make you emotional even after many years of his death .
That's because he was a real, true mentor, hero in history.
A true KING - cowards took his life but never his spirit- he will live forever in the hearts of those who know what it is to love.
A S ; well said
One of the most powerful men in history.
@Kaylani Guerrero Bro it's me >:/
No doubt
I'm glad the public can learn more about that historic tragic day. Thank you to witness Mary Ellen Ford for telling her story.
If I was there I would have been emotional to. God bless Ms Mary Ellen. Even though Dr.King is gone his dream will never die.
I wish I had a time machine.
me too
Me three.
Me six
Me seven
Oh lord I really wish I did too
We need more great men like him. It's an American tragedy he never got to complete his dream, but we should all do our part on all sides to see it come true.
Who was in the other motel room across from them. How did nobody make sure who was across alignment with MLK room? Why no precautions wasn't taken place? Everybody back then knows that Martin Luther King could be killed, assassinated this don't make any sense.
His dream is dead. It's all about race
I'm with you man. Peace is the goal here, for all.
I felt this womans pain when she keeled over and begun to cry.
Comrade Trump I completely agree. This one isn't about politics. It's about a simple reality, regardless of a difference in anything so unimportant as mere pigmint.
We are all humans.
That said... the satirical nature of your name may detract from the capacity that your words have to impact everyone, though I'm more inclined to smile, myself.
When he got shot it just proved what he stood for he was right..and he was becoming powerful..he did his job We are proud
Well said. 😢
what a sad day...we will never forget u Dr King.u sir will forever b my hero and legend.
With all due respect to this woman, but how was she an eyewitness when she clearly says she didn't SEE anything but heard the shot?
R.I.P. M.L.K. Jr.
They left the two cars in the parking lot for 50 years?
Yep
No, the cars seen today are similar to those that were there on the day. They’re part of the museum.
Wow I can imagine what goes threw her mind , she was actually there 😕... Martin Luther king god bless you’re soul ..to bad we live in a bad society now
We will Rise..
YES.
Are you enrolled in online classes at Phoenix University too?
We will help you.
Racist much??
It’s better to say that we will all be equal
Thank you Dr. King.
Makes 51 years today; my parents and grandparents are telling stories about their reactions to it.
We're all humans.
May God bless and guide this wonderful lady.
Wow she kept that for so many many years to herself. She's part of history
We all keep secrets.
she looks wonderful for being 71. 🖤
I love your work Doc King. I miss you in our world.
How can people dislike this video? Like tf
TheNamesTaken because they are hateful and sick
TheNamesTaken every can love you in this world. even Jesus Christ have a enemies.
Bless her Heart! ❤️😢
MLK ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN USA 🇺🇸 EVER.....!!!!
He is the king for ever 💐💐💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow, it’s still so much work to be done. It’s up to us to keep fighting(peacefully) that is.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr was a Good Man! R. I. P 🇺🇸 Dr King! 😢
Sad.. long live his message
I cried when this happened. Martin Luther King was a man beyond approach. He was truly a man who cared! May heavenly father have a smile on his face when the King family returns to him!
Devastating.😞
I hope they will meet up there
We need you know more than ever Dr.King
They killed him in the hospital by suffocating him...smh devils
Andre Harris yup!!
Your right andre thats when they killed him lieng devils
No offense dude, but what? Historically proven he died on the site of the shooting. Omg
@@joshuamittler3331 no sir! Your history is false dude..well i wouldn't say false..a lot of people thought that too..he still was alive when he arrived at the hospital
Really dude! Black people always have a conspiracy theory. Just go with the facts.
I know that was tough on her to witness his death. So sad, he was a good man that was just fighting for equality for us blacks. He's definitely one of my inspirations.
Such a sad thing 2 have 2 witness a Great man who took a stand just 2 b shot down. He will always. b remembered and his voice echoes in the lives of the ones he touch so much. I know I cry when I hear him speak. Compare him 2 leaders today? Do you see the difference in the way he carried himself ? Full of Love and dignity . A spiritual. man who loved God and showed how we all are equal. Compared 2 a cold corrupt world. Do u hear God in anyone's sentences? Who do u put your trust in?
Rip
My LORD.
She wasn't an eyewitness! She went outside after he was shot. But still every emotional. King was a great man!
I Choose Jesus Christ Because He First Chose Me!
What Jesus has to do with this. First of all his name was not Jesus. You Christians are a trip.
@@askiaeducationalnetwork Then inform us as to what it was.
@@gotch09 😂😂😂
@@richarddelea4273 Your answer is as funny as itching hemorrhoids .
😭😭
We hear that we forgive I play for LA Lakers All Star For 20 yrs
D’you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said “peace could last forever”
Hart
Very sad
Seems she was scared of saying she was in the picture?.!?
They snubbed the explosive mlk report.
Nobody has checked into Dr. Kings room. They left it they way it was.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Great man murdered because he opposed the Vietnam War. Fierce enemy of J Edgar Hoover was not killed by James Earl Ray but by a man named Saul who was also in Daley Plaza. Connection? Yes
Imagine the DEPTH OF THE DEATH THREATS..and a lady DIED too of a Heart attack
Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Dearly Wonderful KING And He Will Never Be Forgotten Not Just In Our Beautiful United States Of America But Also Around Our Dear Lords World.
WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH!?!? Who is the Photographer!! Find and interview that person!! ...Peace.
Good point. So many historical events these photographers are the quiet witnesses.
@@bradnobl I found out who took photo! .... www.thirteen.org/blog-post/mlk-assassination-the-story-behind-the-photo/
After other attempts on my life, and my family’s, I would have never been out in the open.
A great leader Matin Luther King we don't have these types of leaders today.
God he is raising others like him,,
Today my brother was turned 9 years old when the assassination happen today he's turned 65
MLK was a smoker? That was a little surprising to hear.
DJDoubleCee I found that interesting too, like they highlighted it because ppl didnt know.
DJDoubleCee u would smoke to of u lived up under death threats everyday!!!
It's been a well known fact for some people. But the history is so broad I still find out new things myself
He also was Black. Did you know that?
Everette Wade what? i've never knew that!
Sinceless crime smh
He was shot at the hotel..... but murdered at the hospital afterwards.
Their will never be any one like him who knew what love is and how to talk with the right words that came from the heart and made people feel good and would have made a great president of the United States and great working with the other countries in the world that you would have peace in the world
What I find interesting is that the people on the balcony are pointing to the direction of the area they say that the shots come from but everyone else who are down below is not even looking that way of even looking up period
We are mourning about U
I'm an old white woman. I saw him on that balcony. I saw him go down. I cried. I still cry today when this day set aside for him, comes each year and we remember. I was not raised to see black people any different than me. I was taught God likes color so he made different people. Today, I do not understand this divide between us just because our skin is tinted different. I simply do not understand the thinking of folks.
So sad 😭 I wish that he was bless May god bless him 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
That's messed up we are all the same 😔😑😔 we aren't treated fairly in the south
The Legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr will live on Forever his Dream was the True American 🇺🇸 Dream Equality and Freedom! R. I. P Dr King! ✝️
God ALMIGHTY bless that African-American-lady whom witnessed Dr King's violent-Assassination on April 4th-1968: she was 21 at that time to witness that gunfire that murdered Reverend, Dr Martin Luther-King, Jr and yes, he was murdered because he wanted equality for all-races and both-sees and even for African-Americans too!!!!.
He was murdered in the hospital smothered with a pillow
Yep
The blues music background cover up all.. Will be glad if I get to know who the Blues man strumming it is.
Brother
Lasting peace after paying price.
I miss pay phones
And dr king but he was dead before I was born
And Martin Luther King will give his testimony on the day..and there will be many tears and coming together...and the wicked will be led away..as all things are gods both in heaven and on the Earth.. Amen ❤️
If your going to go to war(peaceful or not)- keep your officers sheltered from sniper fire.
NO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 😭😭😭😭👋👋😭
A plan based on when a man steps out onto a balcony??? How on earth would James Earl Ray know exactly when that would occur?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
So she didn't actually witness the shooting. She said she was inside and heard the shots.
Hi Hallie and Craig.👋.
Exceptional, excellent, brilliant(smart) reporting.👍👏👏.
Keep on digging, Craig and Hallie.👍.
👉👉Patience democrats, patience.👍.
I would have been the Luckiest Man Meeting the King One on One
God will never Forgive the enemy who murdered Him
Hearing all His Visions and and Positive Dreams I was lost in tears crying for the lost of a Rare Gem
Do not touch my anointed ones! Do no harm to my prophets. Psalm 105:15.
There were a small group of others there with her. I wonder what they might have to say?
people don't like good people
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr remains my No 1-hero, but is STILL very, very-painful that he was violently-Assassinated by a white-Sniper armed with a high-velocity-rifle and bullet too. Today is his birthday( 15th-January-1929), Dr Martin Luther-King LIVES too!!!!.
They slaughtered his Mother in church. And his brother too. Be careful. King was a wonderful man.💖
Who had a responsible for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.?
Wow - “21, colored”...wow! The fear of us
The signs I AM A MAN so is this where the get the (I AM ) and what ever is added on today (I AM) Great Ancestors are African!
Martin should’ve ran for president but it a-shame he wasn’t allow to
I feel bad for marthin loother king jr
What investigation
I wonder why nobody says LOVE ! people always talk about peace, never Love! Its money and power people love! Not people !
they killed our prophet
MLK Thank you
He didn't die from that shot. He was murdered in the hospital.
The FBI flies on the Reverend King are fascinating.
Assasinated because he wanted what was best for his people and and equality so cruel