National Civil Rights Museum | At the Lorraine Motel
There’s plenty of history in the making here at the National Civil Rights Museum. The National Civil Rights Museum is closely monitoring efforts to declassify national intelligence files related to the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President...
The 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike That Drew MLK to Memphis
Jul 21, 2020 · With the slogan, "I am a man," workers in Memphis sought financial justice in a strike that fatefully became Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final cause.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
Sep 23, 2016 · It gives the response of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Hosea Williams, Reverend James Bevel, Reverend James Orange, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Bernard Lee to allegations by the city of Memphis, Tennessee, that they had been engaged in a conspiracy to incite riots or breaches of the peace.
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike | The Martin Luther King, Jr ...
The night before his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee: “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. We’ve got to see it through” (King, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop ...
Tennessee: The Lorraine Motel - U.S. National Park Service
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated here at the Lorraine Motel, just a day after delivering his prophetic "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ.
About the National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis, TN
The National Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel, honors and preserves the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We chronicle the American civil rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights.
National Civil Rights Museum - Wikipedia
Civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in early April 1968, while working to organize protests around the ongoing Memphis sanitation strike. While standing on the balcony outside his room on the evening of April 4, King was shot once in the face by an unseen assassin.
Memphis sanitation workers’ strike | Causes, Result, Summary ...
Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, 64-day labor conflict in the winter and spring of 1968 that brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to Memphis, Tennessee. The striking workers sought higher wages, better working conditions, and the right to form a union.
Explore the Civil Rights History of Memphis – US Civil Rights Trail
Explore how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech and subsequent murder in Memphis brought worldwide attention to the fight for civil rights.
King Jr., Martin Luther | Tennessee Encyclopedia
Oct 8, 2017 · Internationally acclaimed spokesman of the Civil Rights movement Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968. King was in Memphis in an attempt to raise awareness of and support for a strike of Memphis sanitation workers, most of whom were poorly paid African Americans.