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Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in ...

MEMPHIS — At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists paused solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard ...

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., built around the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, serves as a solemn and powerful tribute to the struggle ...

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from ...

Dr. Russ Wigginton is president of the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In the annals of civil rights history, April 4, 1968, marks a solemn day of reckoning.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January to honor and remember the Civil Rights leader. His work has inspired millions, even decades after his death. While the Civil ...

The sign is seen outside the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, and is now part of the complex of the National Civil Rights Museum as they prepare for the 50th anniversary ...