Life photos: The aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination
April 3, 2009 at 6:30 am by Wayne GarciaLife has some powerful photographs from its unpublished archives today of the aftermath in 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed. One shows his supporters gathering in his motel room in grief after the shooting; another more controversial shot shows the brother of the Lorraine’s owner cleaning up MLK’s blood from the second-floor landing where the civil rights leader was targeted by assassin James Earl Ray.
The full photo gallery can be viewed here.
