Civil Rights Trail Travel Planner

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“I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.” — M A RTIN LU THER K ING JR . APRIL 3, 1968 MEMPHIS, TENNE S SEE

est. 1871

dorchester

academy discover what was once a school for freed slaves and later became a planning site during the civil rights movement for dr. martin luther king jr.

Photos courtesy Memphis CVB ELEMENTS OF THE LORRAINE MOTEL IN MEMPHIS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AS THEY WERE IN 1968 WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS ASSASSINATED.

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