Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part IV

King's growing opposition to the Vietnam War angers President Johnson, prompts many white activists to switch to anti-war activities.

Growing popularity of the black power movement, blacks stressing self-reliance and self-defense, indicates King's influence was declining, especially among young blacks.

King turns toward economic issues; SCLC moves civil rights struggle to the North; opens Chicago office to organize protests against housing and employment discrimination.

King plans Poor People's Campaign; advocates redistribution of wealth to eradicate black poverty.

Publishes Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

King is assassinated in Memphis, during visit to support striking black garbage collectors; violent riots erupt in more than 100 U.S. cities.