Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST.He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m at age 39.
It is most well known for being the hospital where Martin Luther King Jr. died at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, an hour after he was shot at Lorraine Motel. [ 1 ] Erected in 1885 and operated by the Sisters of St. Francis, [ 2 ] St. Joseph's later became a Medical Center with 1,212 beds. [ 3 ]
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.
By Kia Johnson MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - A half century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to march in support of the city's striking sanitation workers. It was the last trip the ...
The former "New Rebel Motel" in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray stayed here the evening of April 3, 1968. He murdered Martin Luther King, Jr. the next day. Date: 21 February 2011, 15:05: Source: South East Motel - Memphis, TN: Author: Paul Sableman
The commemoration is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. and end with a moment of silence at about 6:05 p.m. — the time when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside his room at the Lorraine ...
M.L.K. Reflection Park was rededicated 56 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis. Special care is taken to keep the park pristine.
The two African American men were prevented from seeking shelter from the rain inside a building due to segregation laws. They were killed when the compactor accidentally activated. Their deaths were a precursor to the Memphis sanitation strike, during which the prominent civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.