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Crime scene : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination investigation

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@ Shelby County (Tenn.). Register of Deeds

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Web site presenting seventy-one images from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, including photographs of the Lorraine Motel and its guest registry, the rooming house from which James Earl Ray allegedly shot Martin Luther King, and other surrounding areas.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Shelby County (Tenn.). Register of Deeds

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Assassination
  2. Boardinghouses
  3. Crime Scenes
  4. Criminal Investigation
  5. Evidence, Criminal
  6. Fire Stations
  7. Hotels
  8. Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.)
  9. Memphis
  10. Reservation Systems
  11. Shelby County
  12. Tennessee

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