Marker Unveiled at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, May 3, 1968

Creators

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.052B_002.039

Description

A marker is unveiled at the site of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, on May 3, 1968. Photographer: Fred Griffith.

Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Dr. King's brother, Rev. A.D.W. King, are at left with the marker and Southern Christian Leadership Conference head Rev. Ralph Abernathy speaks at right.

Date Created

8-18-2021

Date

1968 May 3

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

"Marker Unveiled at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, May 3, 1968" (2021). Sanitation Workers Strike, 1968. 23.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal2/23