1968
1968: President Duvalier decreed four days of official mourning following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968: President Duvalier decreed four days of official mourning following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States. He renamed a major capital street “Avenue Martin Luther King” to show solidarity with the global struggle for civil rights.
Source · p. 235
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 235