The Lorraine Motel

Driving the Green Book by Macmillan

Nov 16, 202028:56Society & Culture

Now a National Civil Rights Monument, and best-known as the site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee hosted not only civil rights leaders, but a range of famous mu...

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