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Making a way out of no way--the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

The Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee--frozen in time
Thomas Wilmer

The Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 serves today as the powerful anchor of the National Civil Rights Museum in MemphisTennessee.

Faith Morris, External Affairs Officer visits with correspondent Tom Wilmer.

March 3rd 1968 Martin Luther King delivered his last speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee.

6:01 p.m., April 4th 1968--Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Loraine Motel in Memphis.

Twenty three years later, the National Civil Rights Museum was unveiled and it has continued unabated to showcase and teach the history and legacy of civil rights--from the arrival of the first slaves on the shores of America to lynchings, sit-ins, the Freedom Riders, Rosa Parks in Birmingham, Brown Vs. Board of Education, and the perpetuation of Jim Crow today.

School field trip to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel Memphis, Tennessee
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School field trip to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel Memphis, Tennessee
Burnt out Greyhound Freedom Bus on display at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee
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Burnt out Greyhound Freedom Bus on display at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee
Faith Morris, Chief Marketing & External Affairs Officer at National Civil Rights Museum greets visitors
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Faith Morris, Chief Marketing & External Affairs Officer at National Civil Rights Museum greets visitors

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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