Martin Luther King Jr.

After eating we made our way over to the National Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Lorraine was one of the only a few hotels to which African American travelers could enjoy overnight accommodation while traveling during this segregated period leading up to the late 1960s in America.


















The museum chronicled key episodes of the American civil rights movement, which I found very interesting, if not a touch depressing.

Most fascinating was the inclusion of Room 306 at the Lorraine Hotel, that was worked into the museum as a glassed-in exhibit. Inside, it had been keep as it was on the evening of April 4, 1968. The 1959 Dodge and 1968 Cadillac under it are identical to the cars, in the same parking spaces, appearing in photographs taken moments after the shooting.

It is wonderful to have a greater understanding and appreciation of this movement.
















However we left feeling quite morbid , so it was time for one last hip shake in front of a bronzed Elvis before heading to the airport........thank you very much!