Outside of room 306, Theatrice Bailey, the brother of the motel's owner,sweeps blood from the balcony. By Henry Groskinsky/Time & Life Pictures
The LIFE website is always fun to peruse, but this is really something:
LIFE Presents: Never-Before-Published Photos From Memphis, April 4, 1968
On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. They raced to the scene and there, incredibly, had unfettered access to the hotel grounds, Dr. King's room, and the surrounding area. For reasons that have been lost in the intervening years, the photographs taken that night and the next day were never published. Until now.
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