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National Civil Rights Museum: The Motel Where Dr. King was Shot Today a Museum that Preserves his Legacy

2007-01-15

Democracy Now! |

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Public Affairs, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Other segments from this show:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 3, 1968: "Let Us Develop a Kind of Dangerous Unselfishness"
Former Sanitation Worker and Community Organizers Recall the 1968 "I Am A Man" Sanitation Worker Strike & King's Last Hours in Memphis
Rev. Jesse Jackson on Witnessing the Assassination of Dr. King
Retired Memphis Policeman: No Black Officers Assigned to Martin Luther King on Day of Assassination
National Civil Rights Museum: The Motel Where Dr. King was Shot Today a Museum that Preserves his Legacy

The Lorraine Motel is today part of the National Civil Rights Museum. On the balcony outside room 306, where Dr. King last stood, museum co-founder Judge D’army Bailey talks about Dr. King’s legacy and the long struggle for the museum that honors it. [includes rush transcript]