MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis officials on Thursday approved naming a city street after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., nearly 44 years after the civil-rights leader was killed in the city.

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

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Housed in the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the museum features multimedia presentations on the civil rights movement.

Notable attractions include the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, the B.B. King statue and the Memphis Pyramid.