Why Were Photos of Martin Luther Kings Assassination Aftermath Withheld?
to photos never before seen through the eye of the brilliant photographers who worked at Life Magazine for decades. While Life.com is more or less Life Magazine revamped in cyber form with current photos of our world, we’re already having a chance to see photo collections that, for various reasons, didn’t get published in the mag. It’s hard to imagine anything more compelling than seeing the immediate aftermath of Martin Luther King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN and the surrounding area. In fact, they’re so monumental–it’s hard to fathom why they would be withheld at the time. If you’ve gone to look at the collection of photos taken by Life photographer Henry Groskinsky, some might automatically equate the withholding of the photos with a few shots showing an employee at the Lorraine Motel sweeping up the blood of MLK on the balcony where he was slain. Even more harrowing is another photo showing the brother of the motel’s owner placing some of the blood into a
