Stunned silent members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference sit in Dr. Martin Luther King’s room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee where he was assassinated on the balcony outside on April 4, 1968 [2560 x 1721]
Future Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young sitting under the lamp. First from left on the bed is Bernard Lee who was like MLKs executive assistnat.
Ralph Abernathy third from left on the bed, he would succeed King as President of the SCLC.
Sierrajeff
sign of our times – at first I thought the guy on the right was looking down at his phone. Oh yeah, no such thing back then… people actually did things like “stop and think” and “be introspective” …
MartyVanB
Future Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young sitting under the lamp. First from left on the bed is Bernard Lee who was like MLKs executive assistnat.
Ralph Abernathy third from left on the bed, he would succeed King as President of the SCLC.
Sierrajeff
sign of our times – at first I thought the guy on the right was looking down at his phone. Oh yeah, no such thing back then… people actually did things like “stop and think” and “be introspective” …