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As many midcentury motels either become upscale hotels or fade into history, a rare few — including the just-opened Farm ...
a vintage sign flickers, inviting guests to step into a throwback American scene or capture it with a camera. The most dramatic nonprofit example of motel rebirth may be the Lorraine Motel in ...
The King family will host its annual service and remembrance walk on the anniversaries of King's death and funeral.
In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in ...
In 1949, representatives of 12 nations gathered in Washington to sign the North Atlantic Treaty ... as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tenn. He was 39.
Mrs. Ann Coulter of Gore was first prize winner in a Swansdown Cake Baking Contest held last Saturday in connection with ...
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 ...
The Lorraine Motel is where shots rang out at 6:01 p.m. on this day 57 years ago, striking Dr. King in the neck outside room 306, which was converted into the National Civil Rights Museum.
ATLANTA - Fifty-seven years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee — a moment that shocked the world and ...