Room+306+at+the+Lorraine+Hotel

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=I. Artifact Name = Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel

=II. Description of the Artifact and It's Significance = The Room in which Martin Luther King Jr. was staying in when he went to Memphis to protest for the second time unfair wages for African American santation workers. Though the shooter was not known reports earlier placed the killer asa young white male who was aided by an individual driving a white car. The assassination would mark the worst blow to the Civil Rights Movement since the death of John F. Kennedy. The killer James Earl Ray was caught in London where he confessed to the killing. -Time Magazine Madison Gray.

=III. Date and Place = Enter your data and location below. Also, enter your information on this Timeline! April 4, 1968 Memphis, TN.

=IV. Related Multimedia Found on the Internet = //(Include at least two links for your multimedia. Explain what each link is and how it relates to the artifact)// Walter Cronkite Announces on CBS []

Robert Kennedy Announces Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. []

Observers Pointing Just After Dr. King was shot:

=V. Curators (First Name, Last Initial) = Michael K. Joseph V.