National Civil Rights Museum | At the Lorraine Motel
The National Civil Rights Museum, located in Memphis, TN, explores the history of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact on our culture today. Plan your visit today.
National Civil Rights Museum - Wikipedia
The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present. The museum is built around the former Lorraine Motel, which was the site of the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Famous Lorraine Motel - National Civil Rights Museum
The Lorraine Motel was forever etched in America’s collective memory with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, but even before that fateful day, the property at 450 Mulberry Street had a fascinating history in its own right.
The Lorraine Motel Five Decades After MLK’s Assassination
Jul 29, 2020 · Just after six o’clock on a Thursday evening in April of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and Nobel laureate, was assassinated while standing on the balcony outside of his second-floor room at the Lorraine.
Tennessee: The Lorraine Motel - U.S. National Park Service
450 Mulberry St. Memphis, TN 38103. Significance: Site of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination. Designation: African American Civil Rights Network. MANAGED BY: National Civil Rights Museum.
National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel - Tripadvisor
This is an excellent museum that tells the story of Civil Rights in the United States from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the death of MLK. An affiliate Museum of the Smithsonian, the quality is of the highest caliber. Each room focuses on some aspect of …
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia
Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m at age 39.
The Lorraine Motel and Martin Luther King - The New Yorker
Jan 18, 2016 · The Lorraine Motel, located at 450 Mulberry Street, in downtown Memphis, opened its doors in the mid-twenties. It had sixteen rooms and stood just east of the Mississippi River. It was first...
The history of the Lorraine Motel — and why it’s a must-visit
The Lorraine Motel in downtown Memphis had a storied history even before April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King Jr., who was staying at the motel to support the Black sanitation workers’ strike, was shot and killed on his motel room’s balcony.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination - HISTORY
Jan 28, 2010 · Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house near the Lorraine Motel carrying a bundle; prosecutors said he fired the fatal bullet from a bathroom in that building.