-What Was the Irony Captured by Life Photographer Steve Schapiro's

question 35

Multiple Choice

-What was the irony captured by Life photographer Steve Schapiro's photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when Schapiro took this snapshot several hours after King's assassination?

• A) King's book Strength to Love, which was in his suitcase, recommended that activists start to use violence to defend themselves.
• B) King had planned to return to his room that now featured a newscast about his death.
• C) King ate extravagantly for someone responsible for setting up the Poor People's Campaign.
• D) King was killed just outside of his motel room.