Old Toronto Series: The Assassination of MLK Jr. and its Connection to Ossington Avenue, a project nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards.
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Resource ID
328
Access
Open
Award Status
Nominee
Credit Line
Old Toronto Series
Date of Creation
28 September 2018
Keywords
Civil Rights
Program Category
Heritage Toronto Awards
Rights
Unknown
Caption
Old Toronto Series: The Assassination of MLK Jr. and its Connection to Ossington Avenue, a project nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards.
Description
This short film from the Old Toronto Series documents the connection between the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Toronto's Ossington Avenue. The documentary analyzes James Earl Ray's time spent in Toronto after the assassination and features two new original sources. It is available to the public as part of the Old Toronto Videos series.
Still taken from the short documentary, showing Venezia Bakery, a establishment Ray frequented while he was a fugitive in Toronto.