Deb Kiner | dkiner@pennlive.com
Branch was going to play for a meeting that King was holding later in the evening. King told him that he wanted Branch to play that hymn. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. The story goes on to say, “Dr. King had been bleeding profusely from what appeared to be a huge wound in the right jaw or neck area as he lay face up on the concrete walkway before he was taken away in a fire department ambulance.
According to the newspaper report, 4,000 National Guard troops were ordered into Memphis by Gov. Buford Ellington immediately after the shooting and a curfew was imposed on the city.
. 'This country has socialism for the rich, and rugged individualism for the poor.' - Dr. MLK Jr 1968 .