Where was MLK assassinated?

Where was MLK assassinated?

• A. Central Park
• B. Madison Square Garden
• C. Lorraine Motel
• D. White House

Answer: (C)

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had traveled there to support striking sanitation workers, and the shooting occurred on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel is now preserved as part of the National Civil Rights Museum. This location is in Memphis, not in Central Park or Madison Square Garden in New York, or at the White House in Washington, D.C.—which is why the Lorraine Motel is the correct site.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had traveled there to support striking sanitation workers, and the shooting occurred on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel is now preserved as part of the National Civil Rights Museum. This location is in Memphis, not in Central Park or Madison Square Garden in New York, or at the White House in Washington, D.C.—which is why the Lorraine Motel is the correct site.