Part 6
After
leaving Graceland we stopped at a little place for
wings and fry’s. We took the food to
go. My inner compass just about got us
back to downtown Memphis when a light went on and I said
hey didn’t MLK get shot in Memphis let’s go find the hotel. We asked a few people that sort of knew about
the place and the general direction but when we got close we had to ask
again. This time the man we asked said
follow me I will take you there; again another example of Southern
hospitality.
I had no
clue that the motel was now a civil rights museum and a memorial to Martin
Luther King Jr. It was eerie and made more
so because of the late hour we went to see it.
The outside is just like it was in ‘68 complete with cars that are the
correct model year when the assassination took place and are parked exactly as
they were on that fateful day.
It is a
very somber place but the backdrop of noise from people partying at the bars
showed the memorial little respect. It made
me reflect that this man gave his life to the struggle of bettering African
Americans and really all Americans from prejudism but people abuse it or have little care as to how they talk, dress or
act. What would MLK think of what is going on
today?
MLK had a
dream and in some respects part of that dream never became a reality and not
because of what he did but because people today refuse to do the right thing.
Better
road tales lie ahead.
Gotta
GoGo!!
2 comments:
AAA tour books are an excellent source of planning for vacations. The hours of operation and directions are especially valuable. However, I caution you not to follow their time estimates. If they say it takes an hour to see a museum, it probably takes four or five. If they say one day for a battlefield plan on three. That has almost always been my estimate.
Enjoy.
Regarding Martin Luther King, here is part of the truth about him. http://www.newswithviews.com/Stang/alan183.htm
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