THE NIGHT MARTIN LUTHER KING DIED

Pastor Art Watkins of Coden Bible Church (Coden, Alabama)

January 16, 2017

This account of his last night was given by his closet friend Ralph Abernathy who was with him. 

In his book: And The Walls Came Tumbling Down he wrote:

*King gave a rousing speech (“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”);

*King then had dinner with a woman afterward and remained with her till 1 AM.

*King came back to his motel to spend the night with a second woman.

*In the early morning hours a third woman came looking for King and became angry when she found the bed in the room he shared with Abernathy unoccupied.

* When King reappeared, he argued with woman #3 and wound up knocking her across the bed.

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