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| Title: | Crime scene : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination investigation |
| Description: | 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. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs | Visitors' books |
| Subjects: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination | Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998--Trials, litigation, etc. | Crime scenes--Tennessee--Shelby County | Assassination--Tennessee--Shelby County | Criminal investigation--Tennessee--Shelby County | Evidence, Criminal--Tennessee--Shelby County | Boardinghouses--Tennessee--Memphis | Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.) | Hotels--Reservation systems--Tennessee--Memphis | Fire stations--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Investigation |
| Institution: | Shelby County Register of Deeds |
| Contributors: | Shelby County (Tenn.). Register of Deeds |
| Online Publisher: | [Shelby County, Tenn.] : Shelby County Register of Deeds |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://register.shelby.tn.us/media/mlk/index.php?album=Crime+Scene |
