Lorraine Motel-Memphis, TN

On the way back from our journey we went to the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. This is now the National Civil Rights Museum. Sadly it was already closed but the impact was still there. I basically couldn't speak while there. It is a place every person should visit.

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[ajones35]

Badly shot

[psychokitten78]

@ajones35 never said I was an expert videographer, I actually took the footage for my daughter who'd recently learned about the civil rights movement and wasn't able to go along with us

[psychokitten78]

@ajones35 never said I was an expert videographer, I actually took the footage for my daughter who'd recently learned about the civil rights movement and wasn't able to go along with us

[Rhythmicons]

Very nice. Show a video of the civil rights museum, and they say "Were in the Ghetto, on the way to Graceland" Very respectful.

[psychokitten78]

@Rhythmicons Well the whole conversation isn't on there...we were actually talking about the Elvis song "In The Ghetto" and people and their insane need to pilgrimage to Graceland. I spent many many years with inlaws who are a little more than obsessed to frighting degrees with both Elvis AND Graceland

[Rhythmicons]

Those weren't the original cars. It is a corporatized authentic reproduction of a tragic event...I don't think MLK would want people to be charged admission to learn about civil rights. I don't think he would want to be immortalized in such a manner either.

[Rhythmicons]

As much as they get from private donations from big names they probably don't need to charge admission. However, there are also government grants and federal funding available as well. WHen was the last time you paid to enter a National or State Park? Must the "bills" be paid by BANK OF AMERICA. Frankly I left that place saddened by the events that took place there and a bit nauseated at the blatant commercialism. THe lady who protests acros the street has some valid arguments as well.

[ddje]

@tommiej3 Jackie Smith is alive and well! I would advise anyone who visits Memphis,TN to spends some time and talk with here. Just for the record, she was the last person to live in the Lorraine, before it was transformed into a Museum.

[Grant691]

@Rhythmicons Yes. Martin Luther King, like I, was a socialist, and would frown upon their being a gift shop in the national Civil rights museum.

[belgiancongowasgreat]

@patlenora9 i visit there to laugh

[tommiej3]

I remember before they had gotten the funds and the fence was all around it in June 1990 Jackie Smith was there with a folding table and her pamphlets. Is she still alive? I didnt see her when I returned back there twice in the mid 2000s.

[57LorN]

Why "Lorraine" ? Someone knows ?