Memphis man recounts teenage days aiding worker’s strike during King’s last visit to the city
At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a ...
In King’s last days, Memphis teen aided sanitation workers’ strike, launching lifetime of activism
At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a ...
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Honoring MLK Jr. in Michigan. What to know about the federal holiday
Though assassinated at 39 years old while in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike ... second-floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 ...
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National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel
Recent travelers agreed the National Civil Rights Museum should be at the top of anyone's list of things to see in Memphis. Housed in the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was ...
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Witness to Martin Luther King Jr. assassination speaks out
Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in April 1968, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. checked in to the Tennessee motel for the last time. King, who was in ...
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Civil rights icon John Lewis discusses his first meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From #kunhardtfilmfoundation 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 ...
MLK Day kicks off at King’s Atlanta congregation with daughter’s warning about anti-woke rhetoric
Bernice King said anti-woke rhetoric is being used to divide and distract people from real issues of injustice.
Where is the snowstorm now? Tennessee being blanketed by snow Friday morning. Take a look where
Some Tennesseans have already started to see snow accumulation as a winter storm passes over the state. Take a look at where ...