Dr. King’s Last Motel Room

Suite 306 Frozen In Time

Lorraine Motel room 306 as it appeared moments after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exited his room to speak with his associates about dinner plans for the evening, April 4, 1968. He never returned to this room. © 2016 Harold Michael Harvey

Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel is forever frozen in time. It is as it was shortly after 6:00 pm central standard time on April 4, 1968.

Moments prior to 6:00 pm, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had just emerged from the room where he had been most of the day. He walked onto the second floor balcony of the motel that serviced the black community…