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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