Best-selling author Mark Lane, the first to question the investigation
into the murder of President John F. Kennedy, and activist and author
Dick Gregory combine their unique perspectives in a look at the
assassination of Martin Luther King. James Earl Ray's guilty plea
allowed the government to sidestep a trial, and yet his hearing,
conducted without any challenge by a defense attorney, raised many
questions. In Murder in Memphis, Lane and Gregory examine these
questions and more: Dr. King's police protection was removed on the day
of the assassination. Why? And by whom? Why was the same FBI squad that
J. Edgar Hoover directed to destroy Dr. King responsible for the
investigation into the murder? How and why was the most reliable witness
prevented from testifying in court? Through exclusive documents and
interviews with former FBI agents, security guards, eyewitnesses, and
James Earl Ray himself, Lane and Gregory present the case to the
American people so they can decide for themselves.