Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January ... on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He had arrived in Memphis the day before to march with striking ...
Many people are unaware that King rehearsed his "I Have a Dream" speech at what is now the Historic Hampton House in Miami where he was a frequent guest.
assassination. Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in April 1968, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. checked in to the Tennessee motel for the last time.