 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1968, Mambo akanga achironga kubatwa kwenyika yose kweWashington, D.C., kuti kunzi Mushandirapamwe waVanhu Varombo, paakaurawamusi waApril 4 muMemphis, Tennessee. Rufu rwake rwakateverwa nemhirizhonga mumaguta akawanda eUnited States. Zvokupomera kuti James Earl Ray, murume akawanwa ane mhaka yokuuraya Mambo, akanga arongerwa mhaka kana kuti akanga aita chibvumirano nevashandi vehurumende zvakapfuurira kwemakumi emakore pashure pokupfura. Mambo akapiwa posthumously Presidential Medal of Freedom muna 1977 uye Congressional Gold Medal muna 2003. Zuva raMartin Luther King Jr. rakagadzwa sezororo mumaguta nematunhu muUnited States kutanga muna 1971; zororo racho rakagadziriswa padanho remubatanidzwa nemutemo wakasainwa neMutungamiri Ronald Reagan muna 1986. Mazana emigwagwa muU.S. akatumidzwazve zita rake, uye dunhu rine vanhu vakawanda zvikurusa muWashington State rakatsaurirwazve kwaari. Chiyeuchidzo chaMartin Luther King Jr. chiri paNational Mall muWashington, D.C., chakatsaurirwa muna 2011. 