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Photos: Jesse Jackson revisits hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was killed
Rev. Jesse Jackson was a member of Martin Luther King Jr.’s entourage on the day that the Civil Rights leader was killed by an assassin. In 2018, the 50th anniversary of King’s death, Jackson returned to the balcony where King was shot .
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MEMPHIS, TN - APRIL 02: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. arrives at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered, and is now part of the complex of the National Civil Rights Museum as they prepare for the 50th anniversary of his assassination on April 2, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the next few days, the city will commemorate his legacy before his death on the balcony outside room 306 on April 4, 1968. Rev. Jackson was on the balcony with Dr. King when he was shot. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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