The wreath still hangs on the Memphis balcony where everything changed in 1968

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The Lorraine’s story didn’t end that night

Memphis has no shortage of history, but one address on Mulberry Street carries a weight that nothing else in the city comes close to matching.

The National Civil Rights Museum stands where the Lorraine Motel once welcomed travelers the rest of the country turned away. A wreath hangs from a second-floor balcony.

It marks where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on April 4, 1968…

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