Blocks away from the funky music of Beale Street, on the south edge of downtown Memphis, sits the two-story Lorraine Motel. Built in the 1920s, the motel on Mulberry Street has gone through some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) A source close to Harris told theGrio that it was the former Vice President’s first visit to the historic ...

Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Jesse Jackson returned to Memphis on Monday to mark the 54th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

Memphis, TN, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fifty-eight years ago, a shot was fired at the Lorraine Motel that changed America. As it does each April, the National Civil Rights Museum returns to ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on Thursday (January 15), the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, per theGrio. The visit coincided ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Security will be tight throughout downtown Memphis on Wednesday as thousands of people come together at the National Civil Rights Museum to remember a solemn anniversary.

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis hosted a ceremony to honor Martin Luther King's legacy on the 58th anniversary of ...

The Trump administration released a trove of previously classified documents related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, which revealed details about the FBI's investigation into the slain ...

Memphis, TN, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fifty-eight years ago, a shot was fired at the Lorraine Motel that changed America. As it does each April, the National Civil Rights Museum returns to ...