James Earl Ray in files on the 1968 King assassination

What the Ray figure hub lists

The figure slug james-earl-ray groups indexed titles that name James Earl Ray. The packet supplies no document count, so this page does not invent one. The public-record identity in the blurb is: pleaded guilty in 1969 to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, with files on Ray and his movements appearing across the FBI material named in the packet facts.

The blurb text on this packet ends at the FBI series name. This overlay does not complete that sentence with collection titles that are not in the facts. What it can state is that files on Ray and his movements appear across that FBI series as indexed by title match on BlackVaultDocs.

April 4, 1968 is the assassination date in the packet. Memphis, Tennessee is the place. 1969 is the year of the guilty plea. Those three facts are the chronology this page cites. It does not add a sentence length or a trial county, because those are not in the facts.

1968, 1969, and name matching

The guilty plea in 1969 and the April 4, 1968 assassination in Memphis are separate dates in the blurb. This page keeps them on separate lines. The figure hub does not convert either date into a document count. A title that names Ray is a catalog hit, not a finding that every page of the scan concerns his movements.

Martin Luther King Jr. is named in the blurb as the person whose assassination Ray pleaded guilty to. King has a separate figure hub. This overlay does not merge the two name indexes. The related topic href on this packet is the JFK assassination collection, which is the internal link the packet supplies.

How name matching works for Ray

Figure hubs match names in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs. The Ray hub is that match, not a complete FBI file and not a complete FOIA log. A missing title hit means the indexed title in this ingest did not match the name as implemented.

The all-figures directory lists other people in the same name index. Use the Ray hub for titles that name him. Open the originating archive for scans. BlackVaultDocs does not re-host the PDFs.

What this page does not claim

This overlay does not retry the guilty plea and does not argue that others were involved. It restates the packet: pleaded guilty in 1969 to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee; files on Ray and his movements appear across the FBI series named in the facts. Conspiracy commentary is outside the index.

No NARA ID is in the facts. No document total is in the facts. Cite April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, the 1969 guilty plea, and the FBI series as far as the packet names it. Do not attach an invented file count to Ray’s name.

Where to read Ray-titled files

The James Earl Ray figure hub is the live title list. All figures shows the rest of the name index. The JFK assassination collection href is the related topic link on this packet. Open the originating archive for scans. A later ingest can retag titles; this prose still will not invent a document count.

Memphis, Tennessee is the place the blurb gives for April 4, 1968. The 1969 guilty plea is a separate year. Keep those dates on separate lines when citing Ray. The FBI series named in the packet is the series this page may name; it does not complete a truncated collection title.

How to cite James Earl Ray on this site

Cite James Earl Ray as having pleaded guilty in 1969 to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, with files on Ray and his movements appearing across the FBI series named in the packet, as matched by name in indexed titles on BlackVaultDocs. Do not cite a document count from this guide. Do not treat the figure hub as a retrial. The source note is that figure hubs match names in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs.

Martin Luther King Jr. has a separate figure hub. This overlay does not merge Ray titles into that hub. The related topic href on this packet is the JFK assassination collection, which is the internal link the packet supplies, not a claim that Ray’s files are a JFK posting.

Questions

Who was James Earl Ray in the declassified record?

The packet identifies James Earl Ray as having pleaded guilty in 1969 to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Files on Ray and his movements appear across the FBI series named in the facts. BlackVaultDocs matches the name in indexed titles. This page does not assign a file count.

When did James Earl Ray plead guilty, and to what?

He pleaded guilty in 1969 to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Those dates and that place are the chronology in the blurb. The packet does not give a document count. Titles that name Ray appear on the figure hub; PDFs remain on the originating archive.

Do files on James Earl Ray appear in FBI records on this site?

The blurb states that files on Ray and his movements appear across the FBI series named in the packet facts. It does not give a document count for that series. This page does not invent one. Open the figure hub and the originating archive for the scans.

Does the Ray figure hub prove a conspiracy in the King assassination?

No. The hub matches the name James Earl Ray in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs. It restates the 1969 guilty plea and the April 4, 1968 assassination in Memphis. It does not interpret FBI files as proof of a plot.