CNN takes a look at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination

Black in America – Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination

On the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, CNN’s groundbreaking documentary series Black in America is reported by anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien. O’Brien describes how escaped convict and armed robber James Earl Ray had already spent an uncommon year on the run that included plastic surgery the month before his path collided with that of the civil rights leader in Memphis, Tenn.

Through interviews with first-person witnesses and investigators, O’Brien retraces the steps of King, Ray and investigators and explores alternative scenarios of what may have happened that fateful day on April 4, 1968. O'Brien asks who was ultimately responsible for the murder that, for some, may have meant the end to the U.S. Civil Rights Era. The Black in America series is filmed in high definition. More information can be found at www.cnn.com/blackinamerica