Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968
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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. 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
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Recommended Citation
Griffith, Fred, "Marker Unveiled at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, May 3, 1968" (2021). Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968. 211.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/211
Keywords
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.
