The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

1 July 2017 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, House of the Month, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  7 minutes

Lorraine Motel © DavGreg/cc-by-sa-3.0

Lorraine Motel © DavGreg/cc-by-sa-3.0

The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis in Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present. The museum is built around the former Lorraine Motel, where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Two other buildings and their adjacent property, also connected with the King assassination, have been acquired as part of the museum complex. On October 21, 2016, the museum was honored by becoming a Smithsonian Affiliate museum.   read more…

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