Got this from a friend at another board who's alot smarter then Pariah (not that-that means much) who was actually around for the sixties.
MLK did not incite people to violence on March 28, 1968.
March 28, 1968, Memphis, Tenn.- A garbage workers' march (postponed from March 22 due to weather) becomes disorderly. Provocateurs (some white, some from out of state) break windows and King leaves the march. Police retaliate, one youth killed. King is invited to Memphis again to try to get things back under control. King believes the disinformation to the effect that the trigger had been the black gang "The Invaders."
April 3, Memphis, Tenn.-City authorities obtain court order to ban outside participation. King answers that he will participate anyway.
April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn. 6:01 PM-King is assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, apparently by Raul ___ in the employ of mafia bosses in New Orleans and Memphis. Raul had been the handler of James Earl Ray since August. At the same time King and Andrew Young were in the sights of Alpha 184 sharpshooters. Several riots break out in other cities, but calm is maintained in Atlanta where King lies in state at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
April 8, 1968, Memphis, Tenn.-Coretta King leads a march of 42,000 to city hall in her husband's place.
April 9, 1968, Atlanta-King is buried at South View Cemetery. An estimated crowd of 50,000 to 100,000 lines the mule-drawn cortege route. Mrs. King requests that King's last sermon be played to the crowd. "Say that I was a drum major...say that I was a drum major for peace...for righteousness."
