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| Creator: | Branch, Lee E. |
| Title: | Letter, Nov. 22, A.D. 1993, Jackson, Tennessee to Lt. Governor John S. Wilder |
| Date: | 1993 Nov. 22 |
| Description: | Letter from November 22, 1993 from Lee Branch, Sr., to John S. Wilder, Tennessee lieutenant governor, describing the events that led to saving the Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, from destruction. The letter also describes many individual's contributions to the civil rights struggle in Memphis, Tennessee, as remembered by Branch. King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968, while in Memphis in support of the Sanitation Workers' Strike. The building was purchased by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Foundation and in 1991 opened as the National Civil Rights Museum; at the time of the letter, Branch was a member of the museum's Board of Directors. 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: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Branch, Lee E. | Wilder, John S. (John Shelton), 1921- | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination | Lieutenant governors--Tennessee | Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis | African American civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis | Motels--Tennessee--Memphis | National Civil Rights Museum | Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis | Boards of directors--Tennessee--Memphis | Shelby County (Tenn.) | Memphis (Tenn.) | Jackson (Tenn.) | Madison County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | African-American Life in Memphis, Tenn. |
| Institution: | Memphis Public Library's Memphis and Shelby County Room |
| Contributors: | Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee, Knoxville in association with Memphis Public Library | 2006-12-20 |
| Original Material: | African-American Life In Memphis, Tenn., Box 4, Folder 2, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001627 |
