Sunday, April 26, 2009

Walking Tour at the MLK Assassination Site

COPA Meeting at Memphis, April 2008.

A few of us walked down to the National Civil Rights Museum (the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was murdered) and John Judge served as a brilliant tour guide.

Sorry about the dodgy sound at times; it was a windy day and there was a high school band practicing nearby. I did what I could to make it listenable. Anyway, despite that I think it's hopefully interesting, containing footage of the assassination site, the building across from the Lorraine, and the place where a package was dropped to incriminate James Earl Ray.

Also contains a couple of short snippets showing COPA's presence at the march the day before, from the Memphis city hall to the assassination site. In the middle of that occurrence I received a phone call regarding a new job, and had to tell them that I couldn't really talk at that moment because we were in the middle of a civil rights march...They hired me anyway.

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