King’s voice speaks again at Civil Rights Museum on anniversary of his death
Rev. Jesse Jackson helps hang a wreath April 4 at the location where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on this day 54 years ago. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks April 4, 2022, at the Lorainne Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in 1968. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Rev. Jesse Jackson takes a moment to reflect on April 4 at the Lorraine Motel. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Justin Pearson jumps up and down in celebration during a musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum on April 4. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. belonged to, pay their respects at a remembrance ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum on April 4. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dozens of people gathered on the lawn of the National Civil Rights Museum to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 54th anniversary of his death. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Sheryl Givens wipes a tear from her eye at the National Civil Rights Museum during a program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 54th anniversary of his death. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
National Civil Rights Museum president Dr. Russ Wigginton sits alone on the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in 1968. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The National Civil Rights Museum commemorated the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, April 4. The recordings of King’s sermons resonated with the times as one of those in his inner circle returned for what has become an annual pilgrimage.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Civil Rights Museum April 4 Russell Wigginton Jesse Jackson Jacqueline SmithBill Dries on demand
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