Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Eyewitness Opens Up 50 Years Later

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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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@dadrienedavis 2 жыл бұрын

“We didn’t think he was going to die.” “Why not?” “…He can’t.” Wow 🥺

@maliklotto7982 6 жыл бұрын

Glad she was able to tell her story when she was ready.

@Zeldarw104 6 жыл бұрын

Bless her heart.😢 The reporter is a very empathic man. ❤

@mskreme76 5 жыл бұрын

He was! I liked how he handled her in a very compassionate manner.

@tabafiji5744 4 жыл бұрын

me 23

@kahsayftsum9171 5 жыл бұрын

Dr. King's death can make you emotional even after many years of his death .

@gracealexandre3381 4 жыл бұрын

That's because he was a real, true mentor, hero in history.

@Eiraart 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Boy_Gentle 4 жыл бұрын

A S ; well said

@Maxdouble07 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@alfonsonation 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most powerful men in history.

@isuckdickbecause510 5 жыл бұрын

@Kaylani Guerrero Bro it's me >:/

@blackseedbuba2251 4 жыл бұрын

No doubt

@ellisisland1374 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad the public can learn more about that historic tragic day. Thank you to witness Mary Ellen Ford for telling her story.

@c.l.freeman7654 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@AwesomeBlackDude 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@seanhovan7426 6 жыл бұрын

His dream is dead. It's all about race

@fawk501 6 жыл бұрын

I'm with you man. Peace is the goal here, for all.

@willwright2099 6 жыл бұрын

I felt this womans pain when she keeled over and begun to cry.

@CrystalCoyoteX 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@karelpeters2782 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mariabudd6327 Жыл бұрын

Well said. 😢

@badfairy9554 6 жыл бұрын

I wish I had a time machine.

@somalitigress2703 5 жыл бұрын

me too

@sefutho 5 жыл бұрын

Me three.

@KenTracks13 4 жыл бұрын

Me six

@yacoubacherif5551 4 жыл бұрын

Me seven

@avawest4335 4 жыл бұрын

Oh lord I really wish I did too

@serinitymarie205 5 жыл бұрын

what a sad day...we will never forget u Dr King.u sir will forever b my hero and legend.

@frankmayes6678 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@jmiller5032 6 жыл бұрын

They left the two cars in the parking lot for 50 years?

@dillinghamfilm 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@kevinmilner8130 4 жыл бұрын

No, the cars seen today are similar to those that were there on the day. They’re part of the museum.

@lauritagarza5400 5 жыл бұрын

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

@haha-hg6yq 6 жыл бұрын

We will Rise..

@badfairy9554 6 жыл бұрын

YES.

@Eurotrash4367 5 жыл бұрын

Are you enrolled in online classes at Phoenix University too?

@skyknight5436 5 жыл бұрын

We will help you.

@geddyleesowlnose 5 жыл бұрын

Racist much??

@luisdothe8133 4 жыл бұрын

It’s better to say that we will all be equal

@parsian32 5 жыл бұрын

Makes 51 years today; my parents and grandparents are telling stories about their reactions to it.

@tenawashington7185 4 жыл бұрын

Wow she kept that for so many many years to herself. She's part of history

@briancritchley5295 4 жыл бұрын

We all keep secrets.

@jmiller5032 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. M.L.K. Jr.

@lialaliala2968 5 жыл бұрын

MLK ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN USA 🇺🇸 EVER.....!!!!

@chloxlee 4 жыл бұрын

she looks wonderful for being 71. 🖤

@sandraatkins2539 4 жыл бұрын

May God bless and guide this wonderful lady.

@yvhky 5 жыл бұрын

How can people dislike this video? Like tf

@krissygraham3262 4 жыл бұрын

TheNamesTaken because they are hateful and sick

@melvinsammy6943 4 жыл бұрын

TheNamesTaken every can love you in this world. even Jesus Christ have a enemies.

@pager1975 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. King.

@glyon49 4 жыл бұрын

I love your work Doc King. I miss you in our world.

@ronaldhiler7449 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@aharris878 4 жыл бұрын

They killed him in the hospital by suffocating him...smh devils

@jeremiahwarren4381 4 жыл бұрын

Andre Harris yup!!

@JamesWilliams-cq8xm 4 жыл бұрын

Your right andre thats when they killed him lieng devils

@joshuamittler3331 4 жыл бұрын

No offense dude, but what? Historically proven he died on the site of the shooting. Omg

@aharris878 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@honeyc 4 жыл бұрын

Really dude! Black people always have a conspiracy theory. Just go with the facts.

@christian.9075 5 жыл бұрын

We're all humans.

@leebee5132 4 жыл бұрын

He is the king for ever 💐💐💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏

@benstevinson764 3 жыл бұрын

Bless her Heart! ❤️😢

@tigergrowl1964 6 жыл бұрын

I Choose Jesus Christ Because He First Chose Me!

@askiaeducationalnetwork 5 жыл бұрын

What Jesus has to do with this. First of all his name was not Jesus. You Christians are a trip.

@gotch09 4 жыл бұрын

@@askiaeducationalnetwork Then inform us as to what it was.

@richarddelea4273 4 жыл бұрын

@@gotch09 😂😂😂

@gotch09 4 жыл бұрын

@@richarddelea4273 Your answer is as funny as itching hemorrhoids .

@benstevinson764 3 жыл бұрын

Dr Martin Luther King Jr was a Good Man! R. I. P 🇺🇸 Dr King! 😢

@bealight223 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, it’s still so much work to be done. It’s up to us to keep fighting(peacefully) that is.

@margarethunte8515 3 жыл бұрын

Sad.. long live his message

@terryshaw9471 5 жыл бұрын

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

@imtheboss1826 6 жыл бұрын

She wasn't an eyewitness! She went outside after he was shot. But still every emotional. King was a great man!

@lw2967 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@jonhawk3032 4 жыл бұрын

We need you know more than ever Dr.King

@rachelfarmer8563 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@beeman10power 5 жыл бұрын

WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH!?!? Who is the Photographer!! Find and interview that person!! ...Peace.

@bradnobl 5 жыл бұрын

Good point. So many historical events these photographers are the quiet witnesses.

@beeman10power 5 жыл бұрын

@@bradnobl I found out who took photo! .... www.thirteen.org/blog-post/mlk-assassination-the-story-behind-the-photo/

@mosesnduati6572 4 жыл бұрын

I hope they will meet up there

@Assassin-eh3du 3 жыл бұрын

D’you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said “peace could last forever”

@tombasye1016 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@darrallshamarwilliams7560 4 жыл бұрын

Seems she was scared of saying she was in the picture?.!?

@shanedoodle6721 3 жыл бұрын

Devastating.😞

@reyyn6208 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody has checked into Dr. Kings room. They left it they way it was.

@ladonnawashington1643 5 жыл бұрын

My LORD.

@nathansyupp1137 10 ай бұрын

After other attempts on my life, and my family’s, I would have never been out in the open.

@brianjohnson3855 4 жыл бұрын

A great leader Matin Luther King we don't have these types of leaders today.

@ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox Жыл бұрын

Imagine the DEPTH OF THE DEATH THREATS..and a lady DIED too of a Heart attack

@richmondjeanbaptiste8184 3 жыл бұрын

Very sad

@williamchappell9858 4 ай бұрын

Today my brother was turned 9 years old when the assassination happen today he's turned 65

@NWA791 19 күн бұрын

We hear that we forgive I play for LA Lakers All Star For 20 yrs

@DJDoubleCee 6 жыл бұрын

MLK was a smoker? That was a little surprising to hear.

@curtwilliams2683 6 жыл бұрын

DJDoubleCee I found that interesting too, like they highlighted it because ppl didnt know.

@kelvinbarber1765 6 жыл бұрын

DJDoubleCee u would smoke to of u lived up under death threats everyday!!!

@music7307 5 жыл бұрын

It's been a well known fact for some people. But the history is so broad I still find out new things myself

@everettewade923 5 жыл бұрын

He also was Black. Did you know that?

@sobaldman8375 3 жыл бұрын

Everette Wade what? i've never knew that!

@benstevinson764 3 жыл бұрын

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! ✝️

@ashleyrobinson294 4 жыл бұрын

He was murdered in the hospital smothered with a pillow

@tahnx47 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@leandroroberts6134 4 жыл бұрын

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!!!!.

@carydavidhoffson6014 Жыл бұрын

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

@helendecker4591 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@arieuswilliams716 5 жыл бұрын

They snubbed the explosive mlk report.

@carlosbowers1632 4 жыл бұрын

He was shot at the hotel..... but murdered at the hospital afterwards.

@shaddyjames6560 4 жыл бұрын

God he is raising others like him,,

@mjjohnson3683 4 жыл бұрын

That's messed up we are all the same 😔😑😔 we aren't treated fairly in the south

@michaelshapiro1055 4 жыл бұрын

Hart

@salkola1967sk 5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@brentonhorton6845 4 жыл бұрын

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 ❤️

@calliope0078 4 жыл бұрын

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

@scottcook3081 6 жыл бұрын

If your going to go to war(peaceful or not)- keep your officers sheltered from sniper fire.

@farahromulus969 4 жыл бұрын

So sad 😭 I wish that he was bless May god bless him 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@Angel-ql1ms 3 жыл бұрын

Do not touch my anointed ones! Do no harm to my prophets. Psalm 105:15.

@Carolina_Panthers145 4 жыл бұрын

Sinceless crime smh

@sjaycastro4039 3 жыл бұрын

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

@genesisramirez9579 4 жыл бұрын

NO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 😭😭😭😭👋👋😭

@africandefender2967 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@lovetotheworld2522 Жыл бұрын

They slaughtered his Mother in church. And his brother too. Be careful. King was a wonderful man.💖

@johnfarr2738 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@leandroroberts6134 4 жыл бұрын

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!!!!.

@megaton8184 5 жыл бұрын

Martin should’ve ran for president but it a-shame he wasn’t allow to

@hussainiabdulrazak9367 5 жыл бұрын

We are mourning about U

@BD-oc7fj 4 жыл бұрын

I miss pay phones

@BD-oc7fj 4 жыл бұрын

And dr king but he was dead before I was born

@trobace 2 жыл бұрын

So she didn't actually witness the shooting. She said she was inside and heard the shots.

@lubindanjekwa4578 5 жыл бұрын

people don't like good people

@anishanyathi1286 4 жыл бұрын

Assasinated because he wanted what was best for his people and and equality so cruel

@blacmic7953 4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

@lisaaugustin5400 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why nobody says LOVE ! people always talk about peace, never Love! Its money and power people love! Not people !

@jamesmonroe6 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T PROTECT OUR LEADERS, SUPPORT GRAND MASTER JAY LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

@risenking4487 5 жыл бұрын

they killed our prophet

@michaelshapiro1055 4 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for marthin loother king jr

@BabAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Wow - “21, colored”...wow! The fear of us

@vincently1995 2 жыл бұрын

Who had a responsible for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.?

@supongpongen1703 4 жыл бұрын

The blues music background cover up all.. Will be glad if I get to know who the Blues man strumming it is.

@juniorharry5066 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Hallie and Craig.👋. Exceptional, excellent, brilliant(smart) reporting.👍👏👏. Keep on digging, Craig and Hallie.👍. 👉👉Patience democrats, patience.👍.

@johnnyallen157 4 жыл бұрын

It's sad a black person killed Malcolm. Just messes me up really bad. R.i.p Mr X

@libertyann439 4 жыл бұрын

There were a small group of others there with her. I wonder what they might have to say?

@anderwmaetdeng.greatmanina3984 5 жыл бұрын

Lasting peace after paying price.

@bamfam8544 4 жыл бұрын

He didn't die from that shot. He was murdered in the hospital.

@oscarnava1826 3 жыл бұрын

😭😭

@JustaCastle 5 жыл бұрын

Brother

@myrnarivera9532 4 жыл бұрын

She lying JESSE JACKSON LIED HE WAS SET UP

@zoteazonunsanga9535 4 жыл бұрын

Evil will prevail in this Earth until the Lord's day and Dr. King exactly knows that! The human life is short but Dr. King gave his all to make life better for the oppressed and stands against injustices like His saviour, Jesus Christ which eventually led them to death. He lived out the fullness of Christ and we are his witness. This is what we are all called for, to fight against injustices and liberate the oppressed with faith, hope and love.