Civil Rights Museum Memphis

The National Civil Rights Museum is attached to the Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968.

A white wreath hangs from the balcony outside Room 306 to memorialise the spot where King stood at the time of the assassination while he was talking to friends in the parking lot below.

The museum is massive, filled with artifacts, films, oral histories, and interactive media. The exhibits guide visitors through five centuries of history from slave resistance to the numerous protests of the American civil-rights movement.

In the 21st Century, it’s hard to believe that this really happened. We’ve come a long way but we aren’t there yet.