Room 306 at Lorraine Motel is where Martin Luther King Jr. stayed the night before he was assassinated. A white wreath on the balcony marks the place where he was shot on April 4, 1968.
Room 306 at Lorraine Motel is where Martin Luther King Jr. stayed the night before he was assassinated. A white wreath on the balcony marks the place where he was shot on April 4, 1968.
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Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement, stands outside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel to mark the 50th anniversary of King's death.<br />"When he died, I think something died in all of us. Something died in America," Lewis says. "Each day, I think we must find a way to dream the dream that he dreamed. And build on what he left all of us."
Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement, stands outside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel to mark the 50th anniversary of King's death.
"When he died, I think something died in all of us. Something died in America," Lewis says. "Each day, I think we must find a way to dream the dream that he dreamed. And build on what he left all of us."
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Bipartisan members of Congress stand together at the Lorraine Motel to honor King.
Bipartisan members of Congress stand together at the Lorraine Motel to honor King.
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Peek inside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. King shared the room with a friend, Ralph Abernathy, the night before he died, and it has been kept the way the pair left it that day.
Peek inside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. King shared the room with a friend, Ralph Abernathy, the night before he died, and it has been kept the way the pair left it that day.
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