January 1967

Dr. King writes his book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? while in
Jamaica.

April 4 1967

Dr. King makes a statement about the war in Vietnam, "Beyond Vietman" at the Riverside
Church in New York City.

July 26 1967

Black leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young
appeal for an end to the riots, "which have proved ineffective and damaging to the civil
rights cause and the entire nation."

November 27 1967

Dr. King announces the formation by SCLC of a Poor People's Campaign, wiith the aim of
representing the problems of poor blacks and whites.

April 3 1968

Dr. King's last speech titled "I've Been to the Mountain Top" is delivered at the Memphis
Masonic Temple.

April 4

Dr. King is assassinated as he stands talking on the balcony of his second-floor room at
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He dies in St. Joseph's Hospital from a gunshot wound to
the neck.

April 9 1968

Dr. King is buried in Atlanta, Georgia.