Features detailed facts and a summary of the assassination of Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray.

Follows the events leading to the trial of those accused of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Historical documents and primary sources describe the events.

Find contemporary newspaper accounts of the shooting of President Willian McKinley, his death, the swearing of Theodore Roosevelt as president, and the capture, trial, and execution of the assassin.

A first-hand account written by Brigadier-General Henry Lawrence Burnett of the investigation and trial of Booth and his accomplices.

Kids learn about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand that triggered the start of World War I. What led up to the event and why it started WW1.

A resource that includes both primary and secondary source documents that relate to assassination of President William McKinley.

Kids learn about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth; major event in the American Civil War.

A full website devoted to the attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan Describes John Hinckley's life indepth.

What happened at the White House in the hours following the Reagan assassination attempt? NPR provides audio of recently released tapes that capture the events of the day. Website provides a retrospective 20 years after the event.

This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E....

In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...

Selected images of the Ford Theater, James Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators, and Lincoln's funeral procession.

This site from the Brigham Young University gives a firsthand account of the killings. The man that gave this account was arrested as a suspect.

Read the eyewitness account of a reporter who was with William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition when he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

Describes the events on April 14, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending a theater performance. His Secretary of State, William Henry Seward, was also attacked at his home that night but survived. Includes a timeline...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the factors that led John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. Also involves comparing and contrasting Lincoln's and Andrew...

Comprehensive resource documents the 1968 murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and takes a look at his murderer, the conspiracy theory, and resulting federal investigation.

The Dover, Ohio, newspaper announces the death of President James A. Garfield because of an assassin's bullet. The article includes the surgeon's report of his worsening situation. Find an image of the newspaper article and the text.

An insightful documentary [1:21:00] of the events leading up to the assassination of Martin L. King by James Earl Ray, and the escape and arrest of the killer. The turbulent political and social background of the time is made clear as is...

A detailed description of Booth's flight from the scene of the assassination of Lincoln, and Booth's eventual death. Includes an eyewitness account.

Click Enter to find a world of Lincolniana! Start with the Virtual Exhibit that offers collections of manuscripts on Lincoln, the Man, the Civil War, Slavery & Emancipation, Assassination & Death, Trial & Execution of the...

From Douglas O. Linder's extensive website covering famous trials primarily in U.S. History, this famous trial is the Garfield Assassination Trial of Charles Guiteau. Find the chronology of events, a diagram of the train station where...

Find information about the assassination of President William McKinley, the assassin, and the circumstances surrounding the heinous crime. This site from the Library of Congress has links to information found throughout the Library on...

People felt the Lincoln assassination in deeply personal ways. Examine the journal entries and letters from those who were directly affected by his death and worried about the leadership of Andrew Johnson. Included are entries by a free...