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The Balcony at the Lorraine Motel

The Balcony at the Lorraine Motel

Colleagues gather on the balcony outside room 306, just a few feet from where Dr. King was shot. Groskinsky remembers that "the people at the Lorraine were annoyed that the media was talking about how there were going to be all these demonstrations. Eventually there were, but not there. Not that night. It was very quiet. I was afraid that it was going to change."

Photo: Henry Groskinsky/Time & Life Pictures

Apr 04, 1968
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