Special Collections Finding Aids

Publication Date

10-1-2021

Abstract

The Charles F. Holmes papers document the work of Holmes as press liaison for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department during the trial of James Earl Ray, accused of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis in 1968. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, photographs, forms and press releases.

Source Collection

Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Keywords

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination.; Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.; Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.; Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 1944-

Date

2018 November

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