SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (WLS) -- A local theatre producer is bringing back a 23-year Black History Month tradition for one night only. "Lorraine," the play, is set on the day April 4, 1968 in Memphis, ...

AUSTELL, Ga. — The story of the historic Lorraine Motel is coming to the stage in Atlanta this Juneteenth weekend. The Memphis landmark is etched in many of memories as the place where Dr. Martin ...

MEMPHIS — Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in April 1968, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. checked in for the last time. King, who was in town to help lead ...

Two weeks before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, he met a college choir group at the Lorraine Motel. It's a little-known story about the civil rights icon that had a lasting impact on the young ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Memphis hotel in 1968 Rihanna is commemorating an important day in history. The singer, 32, shared photos Tuesday of her trip to Memphis, Tennessee, ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. A safe haven for Black travelers. A stomping ground for soul music elites. A near final resting place for one of the world’s most iconic leaders. The ...

What most of us know about room 306 in Memphis’ Lorraine Motel comes from a single dramatic black-and-white photograph of its balcony taken on April 4, 1968. There on the second story, Dr. Martin ...

That was the text message relayed by Andscape’s Marc Spears moments before I took the pilgrimage this week to the National Civil Rights Museum, built on the site of the Lorraine Hotel — the place Dr.

The National Civil Rights Museum and Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, reopened March 1 after being closed due to COVID-19. It is a place to put on your bucket list of not-to-miss things in the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It is family vacation time in African America. A few years back, my kids ...

*Monday, Jan. 18 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., and Rihanna commemorated the occasion by sharing photos of her visit to Memphis, Tennessee, last summer to visit the Lorraine Motel, where ...