Boardinghouse bathroom window from which James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 422 South Main Street, Memphis, April, 1968

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph depicting the inside of a bathroom. A bathtub, toilet, sink ledge, and window are all visible.

Catalog date

April 1968

Recorded places

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969; Violence

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