Loyd Jowers - Wikipedia
Loyd Jowers (November 20, 1926 [1] – May 20, 2000) was an American restaurateur and the owner of Jim's Grill, a restaurant near the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.
Loyd Jowers trial - Wikipedia
The Loyd Jowers trial, known as King family v. Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, was an American wrongful death lawsuit brought to trial by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. against Loyd Jowers.
Loyd Jowers And The Mystery Of The Alleged MLK Assassination ...
Dec 10, 2022 · In 1993, Loyd Jowers confessed that he had paid someone to kill Martin Luther King Jr. as part of a high-level conspiracy involving government agencies and that James Earl Ray had been framed.
Loyd Jowers, 73, Who Claimed A Role in the Killing of Dr. King
May 23, 2000 · Loyd Jowers, the former Memphis cafe owner who maintained that he had hired someone other than James Earl Ray to assassinate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on...
Overview of Investigation Of Allegations Regarding The ...
Aug 8, 2023 · Loyd Jowers, who is white, owned and operated Jim's Grill, a tavern that served a racially-mixed group of customers and specialized in lunch and after-work beer drinking. After 4:00 p.m., Jowers generally worked alone or with one other person.
Civil Rights Division | Vii. King V. Jowers Conspiracy ...
Aug 6, 2015 · In November 1999, trial commenced in King v. Jowers, a wrongful death civil action filed by Dr. Pepper on behalf of Dr. King's wife and children. Jowers was the only defendant and thus the only other party to the lawsuit.
Loyd Jowers | American restaurant owner | Britannica
Also in 1993, Loyd Jowers, the owner of a tavern below Brewer’s rooming house, said in a television interview that he had been paid \$100,000 to plan King’s assassination by a Memphis merchant with connections to organized crime.
The Misunderstood Story Of Loyd Jowers’ MLK Assassination ...
Dec 15, 2017 · The jury found that the defendant, a man named Loyd Jowers, had hired a Memphis police officer to kill King — and that “government agencies” and other unnamed entities (Jowers himself cited the Mafia) had been involved in a …
Hate Crimes | The Department of Justice's Investigation of ...
Apr 28, 2021 · On August 26, 1998, the Attorney General directed the Civil Rights Division to investigate two separate allegations related to the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The allegations emanated from Loyd Jowers, a former Memphis tavern owner, and Donald Wilson, a former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Jowers, Loyd, -2000 - Civil Rights Digital Library - USG
Jowers, Loyd, -2000 Authoritative Name: Jowers, Loyd, -2000 Biography: "...the King estate filed a wrongful death suit against Loyd Jowers, who had been the owner and operator of Jim's Grill, near the Lorraine Motel, the site of the assassination.
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