On This Date in Minnesota History: April 5

April 5, 1968 – “After the April 4 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a crowd of nearly 500 young people and students attended a memorial outside of Coffman and then marched across the Washington Avenue bridge to Minneapolis City Hall. The march blocked two lanes of traffic on the bridge, and the crowd had moments of silence and five kneel-ins along the route at various intersections to commemorate the death of the civil rights leader.”<sup>1

1</sup>http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Coffman_Memorial_Union,_University_of_Minnesota,_East_Bank_Campus,_300_Washington_Avenue_SE,_Minneapolis,_MN

https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/news/2016/01/lu-commemorates-life-and-works-of-dr.-martin-luther-king-jr..html

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