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Tribute To Dr. King
1968
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resting in the Lorraine Motel following the March Against Fear, Memphis, TN, 1966, read- ing the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Headline reads, King Takes Over For Meredith; Suspect Jailed - $25,000 Bond. Less than two years after this photo was taken, Dr. King was assassi- nated outside of his room on the balcony of this motel.
Dr. King outside of his room on the balcony of this motel.
At sunset on April 4, Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots break out in 125 cities, leav- ing 46 dead.
During the Civil Rights era, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., made five public appearances in Durham. The most dra- matic was on February 16, 1960, as the sit-in movement swept across the Jim Crow South. After visiting the Durham Woolworth’s, located on Parrish Street, which had closed its lunch counter after demonstrations the previous week, Dr. King addressed a standing room only crowd of 1,200 people at White Rock Baptist Church.
On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was scheduled to visit Durham, but cancelled at the last minute.
1968
Outside the Lor- raine Motel Wednes- day, April 3, U.S. Marshal Cato Ellis served Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a temporary restrain- ing order from a fed- eral judge, barring them from leading another march in Memphis without court approval. Also present were top King aides Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, James Orange and Bernard Lee. The restraining order was issued to stop a na- tional March on Memphis planned for April 8.
Mrs. Coretta Scott King is shown at the funeral of her husband, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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