Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Lorraine Motel, as he stood on the second-floor balcony outside room 306 on April 4, 1968.

Exact location

  • The assassination took place at the Lorraine Motel in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States.
  • King was on the outside balcony in front of room 306 when he was shot by a single rifle bullet.

A bit of context

  • He was in Memphis to support striking Black sanitation workers who were protesting for better pay and safer working conditions.
  • After being shot, he was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

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