Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder
1968
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Memphis, Tennessee
4th April, 1968
Martin Luther king Jr, was the prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was tragically shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
To honour King after he died, Stevie Wonder wrote Happy Birthday in order to popularize the campaign in order for King's birthday to be a national holiday in America. He performed it on King's birthday, Jan 15, 1981 in order to honour King infront of 25,000 people.
