The balcony where King was shot has been preserved and is part of the National Civil Rights Museum, which walks visitors through the struggle for civil rights before showing them the room where King stayed at the Lorraine Motel and the spot where he was assassinated.
Universal is scouting other locations in Memphis, as well.
Room 210 Civil Rights was designed to help students in Randy Turner's eighth grade communication arts at East Middle School in Joplin, MO, with their third quarter research project on the American civil rights movement. The site contains news and articles on civil rights. Though Mr. Turner no longer teaches in the Joplin School District, this site will remain online and continue to be updated to serve those who are researching the civil rights movement.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Movie company hopes to use Lorraine Motel location shoot for film on Martin Luther King's final days
The Nashville Business Journal reports Universal Pictures is attempting to do part of the filming for its new movie on the final days of Martin Luther King at the remnants of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1068:
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