The extraordinary photos documenting the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King had until now remained in archives, never published.
Now, 44 years later, these remarkable images shot by Life magazine photographer Henry Groskinsky on the night of King’s death April 4, 1968, have come to light.
Shocked members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference gather in King's room, including Andrew Young (far left, under table lamp) and the civil rights leader Reverend Ralph Abernathy, seated in the middle on the far bed. Photographer Groskinsky can be glimpsed in the mirror
Motel owner's brother Theatrice Bailey seems to try to scoop King's blood from the ground into a jar
Theatrice Bailey attempted to clean blood from the balcony, hours after the 6 pm shooting
Ralph Abernathy and Will D. Campbell, a long-time friend and civil rights activist, embrace in King's room
King making his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis. The following day he was assassinated on his motel balcony
These incredible images shot at the Lorraine motel the night of King¿s death April 4, 1968, by photographer Henry Groskinsky were never published
Friends and colleagues gather on the balcony outside room 306, at the Hotel Lorraine, Memphis, Tennessee, just a few feet from where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot
Groskinsky shot this picture from a derelict building across the street from the Lorraine Hotel, probably next door down from the room where King was shot from
King's still unpacked briefcase in his room at the Lorraine, with shaving cream, brush and his book
The building on the left is the abandoned building from which Groskinsky took several of his photographs. The building on the right is probably the house from which James Earl Ray shot King
An airplane was sent by the U.S. government to Memphis to retrieve King's body and return it to Alabama
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