Lorraine Motel
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The Lorraine Motel is a historic site in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the location of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and now preserved as part of a major civil rights museum.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination site
ⓘ
civil rights landmark ⓘ historic motel ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | mid-20th-century motel architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
ⓘ
Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Poor People's Campaign
|
| balconyAssociatedWithAssassination | outside Room 306 ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| city | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureAsMotel | 1980s ⓘ |
| commemorates |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| convertedTo | museum complex ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent | 1968-04-04 ⓘ |
| desegregated | 1960s ⓘ |
| function |
educational site
ⓘ
memorial site ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
balcony overlooking parking lot
ⓘ
iconic turquoise doors ⓘ two-story exterior-corridor design ⓘ vintage cars permanently parked in front ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | wreath on balcony railing ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Main Street Historic District ⓘ |
| location | Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| museumOpeningDate | 1991-09-28 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Lorraine Hansberry
ⓘ
surface form:
Lorraine Hansberry (disputed, sometimes said to be named after a song "Sweet Lorraine")
|
| notableGuest |
Aretha Franklin
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Ray Charles ⓘ |
| NRHPDistrict | South Main Street Historic District ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property ⓘ |
| opened | 1920s ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ |
| originalUse | whites-only motel ⓘ |
| owner |
Lorraine Bailey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ |
| preservedAs | historic site ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| roomNumberAssociatedWithAssassination | 306 ⓘ |
| servedAs | lodging for Black travelers during segregation ⓘ |
| significance | site of a pivotal event in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 450 Mulberry Street ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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