A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, was intentionally ...

DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS SHOT AND KILLED APRIL 4TH, 1968, AT THE LORRAINE MOTEL IN MEMPHIS. WARD THREE JACKSON CITY COUNCILMAN KENNETH STOKES JOINED A GROUP OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO LAY A ...

was slain on this motel balcony here at the Lorraine Motel, simply for coming into the city of Memphis to help the common man,” Jones said. The Lorraine Motel has served as a shrine for the push ...

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 ...

The group met at the Lorraine Motel — the site of the National Civil Rights Museum in Downtown Memphis — on Thursday night and said that the immigration raids are becoming a civil rights issue.

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 ...

honoring the legacy of the Lorraine Motel. Get the ultimate weekend guide from Jalyn Souchek, packed with events you can't miss! Click to see the best of Memphis, from music to food to sneaker ...

The sign is seen outside the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King ... anniversary of his assassination on April 1, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ...

In the middle of our week down South, we drove three hours from my parents’ home in northern Alabama to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) at the Lorraine Motel — where ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — The story of the historic Lorraine Motel is coming to the stage in Atlanta this Juneteenth weekend. The Memphis landmark is etched in many of memories as the place where Dr ...

Written by Hall and directed by Patricia McGregor, The Mountaintop follows MLK’s return to the Lorraine Motel on April 3 ... while a storm rages through Memphis. The night in question is ...