Items and Collections

Creator
Groskinsky, Henry

Contributor to Resource
Life.com

Date of Original
1968-04

Subject
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Photojournalists--Tennessee--Memphis
Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis
Motels--Tennessee--Memphis
African American men--Death
African American men--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis
Men--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis
Shooting (Execution)--Tennessee--Memphis
Gunshot wounds--Tennessee--Memphis
Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis
Homicide--Tennessee--Memphis
Violent deaths--Tennessee--Memphis
Political violence--Tennessee--Memphis
African American men--Tennessee--Memphis
African American clergy--Tennessee--Memphis
Clergy--Tennessee--Memphis
Crime scenes--Tennessee--Shelby County
Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.)
Fire stations--Tennessee--Memphis
Grief--Tennessee--Memphis
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
Balconies--Tennessee--Memphis
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Hotel cleaning personnel--Tennessee--Memphis
Luggage--Tennessee--Memphis
Airplanes--Tennessee--Memphis

People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Campbell, Will D.
Groskinsky, Henry

Location
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898

Medium
black-and-white photographs

Type
StillImage

Description
Collection of thirteen black-and-white photographs taken by LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky on April 4, 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The photographs show the Loraine Motel where Dr. King and leaders from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) were staying during their support of the Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers strike; civil rights workers Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, and Will D. Campbell; images of buildings near the Loriane Motel; an African American hotel employee cleaning the balcony where Dr. King was shot; Dr. King's packed suitcase; and the airplane that flew Dr. King's body back to Atlanta. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of when and where it was taken., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://www.life.com/history/the-night-mlk-was-murdered-a-photographers-story/

Contributing Institution
LIFE magazine

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