American Experience

Season 22 Episode 7: Roads to Memphis

On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society. Roads to Memphis is told through eyewitness testimony from King's inner circle and the officials involved in Ray’s capture and prosecution following an intense two-month international manhunt.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

37

Episodes:

396

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1988

IMDb:

6.5