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The National Civil Rights Museum at The Lorraine Motel will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s annual event, Remembering MLK: The Man, The Movement, The Moment, on April 4, the 57th anniversary ...
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Every year since our opening in 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum ...
Federal judge hints at early release of MLK Jr assassination files following Trump’s order - The official narrative ...
The ceremony will feature performances, a keynote speaker, and a wreath-laying at the Lorraine Motel balcony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his ...
Fifty-seven years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis. While visiting Memphis to support a workers' strike, King was shot and killed outside ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther ... That evening, as ...
April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. King was in the midst of focusing on the next big step after the civil ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most influential leader of the civil rights movement, leaving an indelible impact on American society and the world. Sadly, it has been more than 50 years since his ...
More than half a century after his death, conspiracy theories about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination ... He was standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.