The story
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony outside Room 306 on April 4, 1968.
Everything that was here
- 1945–1988
Lorraine Motel (National Civil Rights Museum)Museum
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony outside Room 306 on April 4, 1968.
See the map in 1946 → - 1945–1988
Lorraine MotelHotel
The motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated is now the National Civil Rights Museum, with Room 306 preserved exactly as it was on April 4, 1968.
See the map in 1946 →
Nearby history
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