President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Fifty-seven years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign caught fire early Monday morning.

The sign is seen outside the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, and is now part of the complex of the National Civil Rights Museum as they prepare for the 50th ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor Dr. King's legacy and his final moments at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Room 306 is preserved as a memorial. Dr. King delivered his "Mountaintop ...

Where, when did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. die? King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

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 ...

The holiday always has had special significance in Memphis, home to the National Civil Rights Museum, which was built around a preserved portion of the Lorraine Motel, where King was murdered.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday and suffered significant damage.

King promised to lead a second, peaceful march in Memphis, but he was killed by a sniper while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4.