The National Civil Right Museum - Memphis, Tennessee
The National Civil Right Museum as it appears today. The Lorraine Motel was the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968.
The Lorraine Motel - Memphis, Tennessee
I took this photo in 1982. It was taken from the same angle as the photo I took above (in 2005).
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Site - Memphis, Tennessee
Here I am at the assassination site of Dr. King in April 2007.
Room 306 of The Lorraine Motel - Memphis, Tennessee
I took this photo in 1982 when the Lorraine Motel was in foreclosure. I joined a group of Memphians at a fundraiser to preserve this historic site.
Lorraine Motel, Room 306 - Memphis, Tennessee
Dr. King stood on the balcony directly outside of room 306 (just left of the wreath on the second floor) when shot by James Earl Ray (allegedly) from the back of a rooming house across the street. This is how it appears today (April 2007).
Memorial Plaque in the window of Room 306 of The Lorraine Motel - Memphis, Tennesse
This memorial plaque was placed in the window of Room 306, inches away from the exact spot where Dr. King last stood. I took this photo in 1982.
Memorial Plaque at The National Civil Rights Museum - Memphis, Tennessee
The plaque was moved to the parking lot below the balcony where Dr. King stood when assassinated.
South Main Street Rooming House - Memphis, Tennessee
James Earl Ray, was staying at this rooming house around the corner from the Lorraine Motel at 422-1/2 South Main Street. Neglected and in disrepair, I took this photograph in 1982.
The National Civil Rights Museum Gift Shop - Memphis, Tennessee
The rooming house where James Earl Ray stayed is now The National Civil Rights Museum Gift Shop. It is located at 422 South Main Street, around the corner from the Lorraine Motel. This is how it appears today (April 2007).
The National Civil Rights Museum Gift Shop - Memphis, Tennessee
Here I am in front of the former rooming house exactly 39 years after James Earl Ray stayed there.
Dr.Martin Luther King's Last View - Memphis, Tennessee
I took this panoramic view from the exact spot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood when he was killed. Although taken 14 years after his assassination, it shows his last view. The trees across the street and to the right, grew to obstruct the clear view from the bathroom window at back of the of the rooming house where James Earl Ray allegedly fired the fatal shot.
The View Across From The Lorraine Motel - Memphis, Tennessee
In April 2007 I took this photo from just below the spot where Dr. King stood before he was shot. The empty lot across the street has been replaced with a wide walkway. The trees that blocked the view from the back of the of the rooming house on the right are gone. Once again there is an unobstructed view from the bathroom window where James Earl Ray allegedly fired the fatal shot.
The View of the Rooming House across from the Lorraine Motel - Memphis, Tennessee
This is a close up view of the back of the rooming house as it appears today. James Earl Ray supposedly fired the shot that killed Dr. King from the bathroom window (small top floor window on the right just above the trees) that looked out past the swimming pool (long gone) of the Lorraine Motel. At the bottom you can see a tunnel that was created below the old rooming house. As part of the museum, it also exhibits evidence from the "State of Tennessee vs. Ray" investigation.
The Rosa Parks Bus - Dearborn, Michigan
This is the actual bus that Rosa Parks boarded in 1955. By refusing to give up her seat she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and spurred on the Civil Rights Movement. It has been restored and is on display at the Henry Ford Museum.
In The Back of The Rosa Parks Bus - Dearborn, Michigan
Sitting at the back of the bus.
Inside the Rosa Parks Bus - Dearborn, Michigan
While touring the Rosa Parks bus, I took this photo of the inside. Ms. Parks was sitting in the seat occupied by the lady in blue on the right.
The Rosa Parks Fingerprint Sheet - EPCOT, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
At the American Adventure during December, 2007, they displayed the Rosa Parks fingerprint sheet from the day she was arrested on December 1, 1955.
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church - Birmingham, Alabama
This is where Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed by a bomb on Sunday, September 15, 1963 at 10:22 a.m.