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Tribute To Dr. King
1968
During the Civil Rights era, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., made five public appearances in Durham. The most dramatic 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.
Outside the Lorraine Motel Wednesday, April 3, U.S. Marshal Cato Ellis served Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a tempo- rary restraining order from a federal judge, bar- ring them from leading another march in Mem- phis without court ap- proval. Also present were top King aides Rev. Ralph Abernathy, An- drew Young, James Or- ange and Bernard Lee. The restraining order was issued to stop a na- tional March on Mem- phis planned for April 8.
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, leaving 46 dead.
Mrs. Coretta Scott King is shown at the funeral of her husband, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resting in the Lor- raine Motel following the March Against Fear, Memphis, TN, 1966, reading the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Headline reads, King Takes Over For Meredith; Suspect Jailed - $25,000 Bond.
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