Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that when the Lorraine Hotel (where MLK was killed) was converted to a Museum in ...

TIL that when the Lorraine Hotel (where MLK was killed) was converted to a Museum in 1988, one of its long-term residents refused to leave, claiming that MLK wouldn't've wanted millions of dollars spent on a memorial to him. After being evicted, she began living in front of the museum in protest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Civil_Rights_Museum#Jacqueline_Smith_…
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