This is where the money goes!

The retaining wall which was the scene of controversy from 1968 to the present day has been partly removed. After successfully removing crucial evidence the day after Dr. Kings assassination by cutting down trees and clearing the area. The City of Memphis have managed to remove the final vestiges of the scene of the crime. Many individuals including the King family subscribe to the theory that James Earl Ray did not slay Dr. King from the Bathroom window, but according to William Pepper, author of "Orders to Kill" the late Earl Clark, a Memphis Police Captain fired the fatal shot from the bushes above the retaining wall.

Those days are gone. So what you may ask, is the point investing $8 million recreating a "walk-thru" tourist experience. The National Civil Rights Museum need to look beyond increasing visitor figures and concentrate on building a real-life testimony to civil rights by echoing the deeds of Dr. King by "becoming their brother's keeper". There is injustice, squalor, deprivation and poverty within one mile of their ivory tower - why not for once, do something about it.